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