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