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