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