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