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