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