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