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