TedVPAP wrote:Congrats. At some point you may want to try pushing the EPAP minimum from 14 to 15.

Thanks, why would you think to increase the EPAP min based on these results? The flow limitation?

A CPAP with an EPR of 3 provides essentially the same therapy as a bilevel with a PS of 3. Except that a CPAP doesn't achieve an EPAP greater than 17 while EPR 3 is operating, whereas a bilevel with a PS of 3 can keep EPAP at 20. Most nights I spend a good portion of the night with EPAP at or near ...

silversleeper wrote:why were you prescribed a bi-pap?

I titrated myself up to 17-20 EPR 3 on APAP and had a residual OA index ~5, plus at the time I felt like I could use a little more PS for comfort.

So at that point I bought a BPAP.

I think I've finally found settings that work for me. Thanks to Pugsy and everyone else who helped me (I previously posted under the username FrederickRose). For quite a while I was using an EPAP range of 17-20 with PS 4. Over the past couple weeks, I figured out that I can breathe comfortably witho...

I just wasn't sure what you were asking, or why. Anyway, my point was/is that information such as I:E derived from machines not designed to provide it may not be accurate. This seems to be especially true when dealing with Phillips Respironics equipment. And I was speaking more about a line or clas...

My point was that I:E did not apply to cpap and autopap. What is yours? Seems that every time I am curious to learn about something, it somehow offends you . In this case, I was wondering what ventilator capable meant, so I asked. You had referred to ventilator capability several times. At first I ...

Jay Aitchsee wrote: ResScan does provide Inspiration Time, Expiration Time, and I:E for machines that have ventilator capabilities.

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The AirCurve 10 Vauto is considered ventilator capable? What does ventilator capable mean?

I use 3M Medipore H-Soft Cloth Surgical Tape. The roll I bought came perforated, which is a nice bonus so I don't have to cut it for the right size. It sticks well enough to my lips, and I am able to peel it off my mustache and beard the next morning without much discomfort. Like Pugsy, I am startin...

This is what I'm thinking and I've alluded to it before: The manufactures, ResMed and Phillips, have not made any ventilator type data, such as Inspiration/expiration time, I:E ratio, Respiration Rate, Tidal Volume, etc. available to users of their non ventilation capable machines through their ass...

It's my opinion that your actual I:E is not inverse when using Cflex. I think it's only the graphical representation coupled with false measurements by either SleepyHead or the machine which makes it appear so when cardiographic artifacts are present. Could be. I can't think of any reason that card...

Yes, the total volume of exhaled air should equal the total volume of inhaled air and the total volume is equal to the area under the curve--If we have a closed system, but we don't. The mask has a vent and you have indicated a nasal mask, so there is the possibility of mouth venting as well... I w...

Not crazy. Also, it has been tried:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20734019

Goofproof wrote:

ChicagoGranny wrote:... predicting ... this thread will become many pages long ...

And the Font needs to be much larger! Jim

I think you're kidding but just in case:

I was posting here under the name FrederickRose. I've re-registered under the name ShinRyoku in order to standardize across a few different sleep apnea websites. "In your example, I think the zero line should be around 7" If we move the line there, however, it would seem that the total amount of air...