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