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