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