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