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