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