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