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