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