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