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