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