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by AMUW
Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP AND PARKINSONS/DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
Replies: 6
Views: 2355

Re: CPAP AND PARKINSONS/DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION

Sleep Apnea and Parkinson's are both multi-disciplinary diseases, have in common the neural control of the respiratory motor system, voluntary or involuntary during sleep stages, with coupling to the cardio-pulmonary system. You may have a better chance of cross-correlation, i.e. getting relevant co...
by AMUW
Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Occassional stuffed nose
Replies: 7
Views: 3661

Re: Occassional stuffed nose

I recently started using Philips Respironics Remstar Auto A-Flex and a Philips Respironics System One Heated Humidifier. Also, I'm using the ResMed Mirage Quattro full face mask coupled with a small quantity of Oxygen. The system works fine until can't breathe through my nose because it is severely...
by AMUW
Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Last nights data; need help analyzing
Replies: 26
Views: 7753

Re: Last nights data; need help analyzing

WOW!!!! I taped my mouth shut last night (wife had all kinds of commentary with this) and it all but gave me a 'flat' leak line... YEE HAA! Sorry, I must be missing something about this strategy. You were concerned about leaks, you now know that they are mouth leaks. After taping the leaks went awa...
by AMUW
Mon May 30, 2011 9:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Last nights data; need help analyzing
Replies: 26
Views: 7753

Re: Last nights data; need help analyzing

Below are last nights results... good news/bad news... questions... I am looking at your curves, and am quite envious of your low AHIs. I see no reason to be concerned about a few apneas ... unless you have complaints about other measures of your sleep quality. If you insist on interpreting one nig...
by AMUW
Mon May 30, 2011 7:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Funny question. (drool)
Replies: 4
Views: 1585

Re: Funny question. (drool)

Extract from a very serious and very heavy clinical book on Sleep Medicine ...
discussing CPAP-related side-effects like nasal congestion or dryness in the nasal and oral passages:
"Drooling is likely due to mouth breathing during sleep".
by AMUW
Sat May 28, 2011 3:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI low, but events all night
Replies: 13
Views: 3664

Re: AHI low, but events all night

Here's a representative night: http://www.beingexchanged.com/AHI2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=73&g2_serialNumber=1 Mike, if you were to reduce the OSA durations by just 2 seconds shorter, and igore sleep=onset effects; then you'd hardly have anything peaking above the 10 sec thresh...
by AMUW
Mon May 23, 2011 9:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Titration or straight to auto-adjusting CPAP?
Replies: 11
Views: 3466

Re: Titration or straight to auto-adjusting CPAP?

She just had a sleep study, with the following diagnostic numbers: AHI: 19 (pretty much all hypopneas) Sleep efficiency: 55% Lowest O2 saturation: 94% Apnea index: 0% Hi Schneiders: My comments are meant to be constructive: I am not very knowledgeable with the various strategies and protocols sleep...
by AMUW
Fri May 20, 2011 10:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Any recommendations for good book on OSA
Replies: 9
Views: 3348

Re: Any recommendations for good book on OSA

"Snoring and Sleep Apnea" Sleep Well Feel Better" by Ralph Pascualy, MD, he is a nationally recognized sleep specialist out in Seattle, WA. I second this choice as a good introduction. Also available online via Google Books. The spouse should "love" just looking at the cover page. His group has som...
by AMUW
Tue May 17, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?
Replies: 58
Views: 14779

Re: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?

Not just men. The very first symptom relief I experienced was the complete cessation of the hourly pee breaks. Took much longer for the other symptoms to reduce but the pee breaks were immediate and yes, that alone was worth using the machine. For the longest time (before cpap) I couldn't figure ou...
by AMUW
Tue May 17, 2011 11:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?
Replies: 58
Views: 14779

Re: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?

jonnybee, congratulations again. This time your curves look like my good nights. If I may bring back my analogy: Dynamic stability interpretation: to me the repeating apneas felt like a race car going over very rough repeating bumps and turns (like they show SFO hill chases in the movies), or a heli...
by AMUW
Mon May 16, 2011 10:57 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?
Replies: 58
Views: 14779

Re: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?

You may not like three arm chair semi-techs see different things in your data ... but take the best insight for your benefit from the discussion. Now that you zoomed in to see individual breath cycles, they DO NOT show what Slartybartfast and I were expecting, namely chopped off peaks to indicate fl...
by AMUW
Mon May 16, 2011 11:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?
Replies: 58
Views: 14779

Re: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?

Last night's ResScan graphs. Settings: Epr OFF; Auto mode w/pressures 8-12. AHI 2.9. Observation: Better control. Clusters less severe. Pressure bumping max in an apparent effort to curtail clusters but max pressure is apparently inadequate to do the job. Some interruption of sleep due to pressure ...
by AMUW
Sun May 15, 2011 11:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?
Replies: 58
Views: 14779

Re: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?

jonnybee, I apologize if I hadn't read your long struggle preceding the context of constant CPAP. I joined into the discussion because 2 weeks into CPAP I was having very similar clusters of OAs and CAs, happening at very regular intervals ... as a matter of fact of higher severity. Which were also ...
by AMUW
Sun May 15, 2011 4:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?
Replies: 58
Views: 14779

Re: Apnea events vs SP02(%); does this sound reasonable?

jonnybee, Take the suggestions above and below with a grain of salt for discussion with your professionals, not as medical advice; our cases could be different enough. Having put out the disclaimer, here are some concepts to consider, in addition to Pugsy's: - REM sleep with enhanced instability: I ...
by AMUW
Sat May 14, 2011 10:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Rescan Statistics v. Detailed Graph Pressures
Replies: 8
Views: 3131

Re: Rescan Statistics v. Detailed Graph Pressures

All the data displayed in Resscan is taken directly from the data generated by the S9. Resscan does no data manipulation other than scaling. All the summary data, which is what is shown in the statistics page, is generated and written to the card by the S9. The same for the detail data. Resscan is ...