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
Pure oxygen
Oxigeno gaseoso
Oxygen USP
Dioxygen
Molecular oxygen
Oxygen
Brand Names
Oxygen/Nitrogen 26/74
Meopa
O2hundred
Liqui-med Analgesic Gas
Compressed Oxidizing
Oxygen, Refrigerated
Carbon Dioxide 1% W Oxygen
Oxygen/Helium 50/50
Carbon Dioxide 23.1% W Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Mixture
Medical Air
Helium Oxygen
Helium Oxygen mixture
reconstituted Air
Helium-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide In Oxygen Mixture
Helium Oxygen Mixture
Oxygen Size H
Oxygen/Nitrogen 10/90
Medical Air USP
Air Compressed
Carbon Dioxide-Air Mixture
Oxygene
Air Compressed Medical Air
40% Oxygen/Nitrogen Mix
EZ-OX Plus
Nitrous Oxide In Oxygen
Compressed
Tri-Med Medical
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Oxygen In Helium Mix
Oxygen/Helium 25/75
Oxygen Helium Mixture 20/80
Helium Oxygen Mix 70/30
Oxygen/Nitrogen 5/95
Helium, Oxygen
Oxygen/Nitrogen 52/48
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid U.S.P
Oxygen/Helium 20/80
Helium Oxygen Nitrogen mixture
Oxygen 4c21e554-d402-480d-896d-8185c05c7863
EZ-Ox
Helium-oxygen Mixture
Oxygen Compressed
Oxygen/Nitrogen 50/50
Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid
Oxygen-refrigerated Liquid
Oxygen 99.95%
Oxygen Helium Mixture 40/60
Oxygen (family 1st Medical)
Oxygen/Nitrogen 25/75
Oxygen W Nitrogen
Liquid Oxygen
Prairie Oxygen USP
Oxygen Size T
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P
Medical Air Compressed
Co-HE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 40/60
Oxygen Size F
Oxygen, Compressed U.S.P.
Oxygen Gas 99%
Heliox
Oxygen Compressed Gas
Helium / Oxygen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen 5/95
Carbon Monox, Helium, Oxygen, Nitrogen L.D.M.
COMPRESSED Gas OXIDIZING, N.O.S.
Oxygen USP
Ez-OX Plus
Oxygen Size 400
Oxygen, Refrigerated Liquid
Medical Oxygen Compressed
G02 Therapy
Oxygen/Nitrogen 38/62
Oxygene - Gas Inh
Compressed, N.O.S.
Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen 64889-0001
Helium/Oxygen Mix
Oxygen-Helium Mixture
Nitrogen
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 80/20
Helium/Oxygen Mixture 70/30
Carbon Dioxide 7.1% W Oxygen
Southern Medical Oxygen, Compressed
Oxygen USP, Nitrogen Nf, Medical Gas Mixture
Compressed Gas, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Oxygen/Nitrogen 30/70
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mix
Gaseous Inh Mixture 20% Oxygen 80% Helium
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mixture, Compressed, Oxidizing, N.O.S.
Helium Oxygen Mix 80/20
Lung Diffusion Test Mix Nohco
Oxygen USP, Helium USP, Medical Gas Mixture
Oxygen (compressed)
Medical Gasseous Oxygen Cylinders
Oxygen/Helium 30/70
Oxygen 99% USP
Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen-Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen 100%
Oxygen U.S.P.
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Mix
Air, Compressed
Helium Oxygen Mix
Lung Diffusion Test Mix No Ne Co
Compressed Gas N.O.S.
Carbon Dioxide USP, Oxygen USP Medical G.M.
Oxygen Size B
Nitrogen Oxygen Mix
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixture 5/95
Oxyfit Gas 99.5%
Oxygen 99.0%
EZ-Ox Plus
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen Nitrogen Mixture
Oxygen/Nitrogen 12/88
Oxygen, Compressed
Oxygen, Compressed Gas
Oxygen In Helium Mixture
Oxygen Compressed UN 1072 Refrigerated UN 1073
Heliox 70/30
Compressed Oxygen
Oxygen Size E
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen
Ez-OX
Co-NE-O2-N2 Mixture
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Medical Oxygen 100%
Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Mixtures
Medical Air U.S.P.
Oxygen/Nitrogen 21/79
Helium-oxygen Mix Gas
Carbogen
Oxygen Helium Mixture 30/70
Air
Oxygen Compressed U.S.P.
Oxygen Size C
Oxygen Size M
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mix
Oxygen/Nitrogen 15/85
Oxygen USP 99%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 9.7/90.3
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture
Lung Diffusion Test Mixture Gas
Oxygen Size D
Oxygen Helium Mixture
Hyperbaric Chamber Mix
Medical Oxygen
COMPRESSED Gas, N.O.S.
Carbon Dioxide 12.1% W Oxygen
Focus Medical Oxygen
Emergency Oxygen Supply 99.5%
Carbon Dioxide Mixture
Madacylinder 99.5%
Oxygen USP - Gas 100%
Oxygen/Nitrogen 75/25
Alnox Gas
Oxygen/Helium 40/60
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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