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