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