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