Oxygen is an element displayed by the symbol O, and atomic number 8. It is an essential element for human survival. Decreased oxygen levels may be treated with medical oxygen therapy. Treatment with oxygen serves to increase blood oxygen levels and also exerts a secondary effect of decreasing blood flow resistance in the diseased lung, leading to decreased cardiovascular workload in an attempt to oxygenate the lungs. Oxygen therapy is used to treat emphysema, pneumonia, some heart disorders (congestive heart failure), some disorders that cause increased pulmonary artery pressure, and any disease that impairs the body's ability to take up and use gaseous oxygen. Higher level of oxygen than ambient air (hyperoxia) can be introduced under normobaric or hyperbaric conditions.
Synonyms
Molecular oxygen
Pure oxygen
Oxygen USP
Oxigeno gaseoso
Dioxygen
Oxygen
Brand Names
Oxygen
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mix
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mixture, Compressed, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Oxygen Helium Mixture
Oxygen Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen Helium Mixture 20/80
Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Hyperbaric Chamber Mix
Oxygen Size 400
Compressed Oxidizing
Oxygen/Nitrogen 40/60
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixtures
Oxygen/Nitrogen 52/48
Carbon Dioxide 1% W Oxygen
Oxygen-refrigerated Liquid
Heliox
Nitrogen
Oxygene - Gas Inh
O2hundred
Oxygen 99.0%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 5/95
EZ-OX Plus
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Mixture
reconstituted Air
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P
Oxygen, Refrigerated Liquid
Medical Air U.S.P.
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Mix
Air, Compressed
G02 Therapy
Helium/Oxygen Mix
Oxygen Size T
Liquid Oxygen
Oxygene
Oxygen USP, Nitrogen Nf, Medical Gas Mixture
Madacylinder 99.5%
Helium Oxygen Mix 70/30
40% Oxygen/Nitrogen Mix
Oxygen W Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide USP, Oxygen USP Medical G.M.
Ez-OX
Oxygen 99% USP
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture
EZ-Ox
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Compressed Oxygen
Nitrous Oxide In Oxygen
Oxygen USP 99%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 38/62
Compressed Gas, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Ez-OX Plus
Helium Oxygen
Southern Medical Oxygen, Compressed
Oxygen/Helium 25/75
Medical Oxygen Compressed
Liqui-med Analgesic Gas
Oxygen USP
Medical Air Compressed
Oxygen 99.95%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 15/85
Medical Air
Oxyfit Gas 99.5%
Carbogen
Alnox Gas
Oxygen, Compressed
Oxygen/Nitrogen 9.7/90.3
Oxygen In Helium Mixture
Oxygen Gas 99%
Focus Medical Oxygen
Prairie Oxygen USP
Helium Oxygen Nitrogen mixture
Oxygen Size E
Compressed, N.O.S.
Air Compressed
Oxygen/Helium 40/60
Helium Oxygen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide 12.1% W Oxygen
Helium-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Air
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Mixture
Medical Oxygen
Lung Diffusion Test Mix No Ne Co
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 80/20
Helium Oxygen mixture
Co-NE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 12/88
COMPRESSED Gas OXIDIZING, N.O.S.
Oxygen Size D
Medical Gasseous Oxygen Cylinders
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture
Helium-oxygen Mix Gas
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Carbon Monox, Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen L.D.M.
Helium Oxygen Mix 80/20
Oxygen, Refrigerated
Medical Oxygen 100%
Oxygen (compressed)
Oxygen U.S.P.
Nitrogen Oxygen Mix
Compressed Gas N.O.S.
COMPRESSED Gas, N.O.S.
Compressed
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mix
Helium-oxygen Mixture
Medical Air USP
Oxygen Compressed
Carbon Dioxide 7.1% W Oxygen
Helium Oxygen Mix
Oxygen/Helium 20/80
Oxygen, Compressed U.S.P.
Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Emergency Oxygen Supply 99.5%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 26/74
Oxygen, Compressed Gas
Heliox 70/30
Oxygen/Nitrogen 30/70
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen
Oxygen Size B
Oxygen 64889-0001
Helium, Oxygen
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture Gas
Oxygen/Helium 50/50
Oxygen Helium Mixture 40/60
Co-HE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P.
Carbon Dioxide 23.1% W Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide-Air Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 25/75
Oxygen/Nitrogen 50/50
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen 5/95
Oxygen Size H
Oxygen USP - Gas 100%
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid
Oxygen Compressed Gas
Oxygen 4c21e554-d402-480d-896d-8185c05c7863
Oxygen (family 1st Medical)
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid U.S.P
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 70/30
Oxygen Size M
EZ-Ox Plus
Carbon Dioxide In Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen/Helium 30/70
Oxygen USP, Helium USP, Medical Gas Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 21/79
Meopa
Gaseous Inh Mixture 20% Oxygen 80% Helium
Tri-Med Medical
Oxygen Size F
Oxygen 100%
Oxygen In Helium Mix
Oxygen Helium Mixture 30/70
Oxygen/Nitrogen 75/25
Oxygen Compressed UN 1072 Refrigerated UN 1073
Helium / Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 10/90
Oxygen Size C
Lung Diffusion Test Mix Nohco
Oxygen-Helium Mixture
Air Compressed Medical Air
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture 5/95
Indication
Oxygen therapy in clinical settings is used across diverse specialties, including various types of anoxia, hypoxia or dyspnea and any other disease states and conditions that reduce the efficiency of gas exchange and oxygen consumption such as respiratory illnesses, trauma, poisonings and drug overdoses. Oxygen therapy tries to achieve hyperoxia [L745] to reduce the extent of hypoxia-induced tissue damage and malfunction.
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