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