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