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