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