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