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