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