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