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