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