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