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by JCFlorida
Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New Member and New to CPAP...new issue with ASV trial
Replies: 25
Views: 17240

Re: New Member and New to CPAP...new issue with ASV trial

Update: 60 days in. 90% of apneas are central in nature. Typically 5 to 6 CA's per hour ... to bipap st last week with a bipap st machine (respironics I think). Completed that study but could ... wasn't the issue for me it. It was the pressure pulses being out of sync with my awake breathing ...
by robysue1
Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Gasping for air when starting to fall asleep with CPAP:
Replies: 20
Views: 4074

Re: Gasping for air when starting to fall asleep with CPAP:

... are experiencing what we call a sleep onset central apnea that is freaking your brain out causing ... AutoSet. This machine, unlike my 12-year old Respironics System One machine, does not have a ... eliminate many of my apneas. The Pressure Pulses on PR machines are part of the algorithm ...
by GearChange
Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CSA - was prescribed a bipap but it doesn't seem right
Replies: 29
Views: 2237

Re: CSA - was prescribed a bipap but it doesn't seem right

... snapshot of your sleep , however observing Central Apnea for a trained professional is relatively ... the brain stops sending involuntary breathing pulses to the diaphragm in order for it to move ... 2 manufacturers produce ASV machines, Philips Respironics and Resmed , each having their own proprietary ...
by palerider
Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:37 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?
Replies: 241
Views: 24820

Re: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?

... its thumbs DURING an event. Both Resmed and Respironics will use short pressure pulses during a pause to measure the airflow resistance. ... potential apnea will be classified as obstructive or central. The implementations differ - I think Respironics ...
by ragtopcircus
Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?
Replies: 241
Views: 24820

Re: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?

... its thumbs DURING an event. Both Resmed and Respironics will use short pressure pulses during a pause to measure the airflow resistance. ... potential apnea will be classified as obstructive or central. The implementations differ - I think Respironics ...
by palerider
Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help a newbie adjust / Is my machine working right?
Replies: 21
Views: 5311

Re: Help a newbie adjust / Is my machine working right?

... the end end of the day I’d rather not have any pulses to determine apnea type when there are other ... pressure needs reduced like required for a central, they have analysis of your breathing waveform ... central or obstructive. Bilevel machines from Respironics use the same pressure pulses. There ...
by jcr159
Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help a newbie adjust / Is my machine working right?
Replies: 21
Views: 5311

Re: Help a newbie adjust / Is my machine working right?

... has FOT. My mistake, I was referring to the Respironics system that essentially works the same by using Pressure pulses to determine if an apnea is central or obstructive... I haven’t seen a trademark name for ...
by Pugsy
Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Some odd things going from nasal mask to FFM (charts)
Replies: 16
Views: 3457

Re: Some odd things going from nasal mask to FFM (charts)

The pulse dots are machine specific. Pressure pulses that Respironics machines do to help distinguish between open ... different called FOT to help it decide between central or obstructive. The 2 central flags you have zoomed ...
by Pugsy
Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Smargie’s Therapy Thread...in Need of ASV Advice
Replies: 291
Views: 59019

Re: Mouth breathing

... Limitations. That's the only change with this Respironics machines. Pressure pulses still happen no matter what mode. The test pressure ... get all those pressure pulses to help distinguish central from obstructive which may or may not be spot on ...
by djams
Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Vastly different AHI from SleepyHead and DreamMapper
Replies: 11
Views: 1180

Re: Vastly different AHI from SleepyHead and DreamMapper

... this is where SH is making a mistake? Pressure pulses on the Respironics machines are nothing more than the machine sending ... reduction it is sensing is obstructive in nature or central (clear airway) in nature. Pressure pulses may or ...
by Pugsy
Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Vastly different AHI from SleepyHead and DreamMapper
Replies: 11
Views: 1180

Re: Vastly different AHI from SleepyHead and DreamMapper

... this is where SH is making a mistake? Pressure pulses on the Respironics machines are nothing more than the machine sending ... reduction it is sensing is obstructive in nature or central (clear airway) in nature. Pressure pulses may or ...
by jnk...
Tue Dec 26, 2017 11:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Distinguishing OA from CA
Replies: 4
Views: 2765

Re: Distinguishing OA from CA

... more info for reading: Since responding to central apneas can lead to over titration, testing ... to the flow sensors if the airway is closed. Respironics uses pressure pulses and also defines an obstructive apnea if there is ...
by Pugsy
Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PR vs ResMed, any observations?
Replies: 12
Views: 6662

Re: PR vs ResMed, any observations?

... they all had their own methods of determining central vs obstructive apnea Your "blasts" to 25 ... and it certainly isn't a "blast" to 25. Respironics machines use what they call pressure pulses and they aren't anywhere near 25 either. In fact ...
by Pugsy
Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP User and member (waiting for activation)
Replies: 10
Views: 1243

Re: New CPAP User and member (waiting for activation)

You can't turn off the pressure pulses. They are going to happen in cpap mode also ... mode. That's why I usually suggest people keep Respironics machines in auto (apap) mode but set the ... do the pressure pulses to help it figure out central vs obstructive. It uses something called FOT ...
by Pugsy
Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP User and member (waiting for activation)
Replies: 10
Views: 1243

Re: New CPAP User and member (waiting for activation)

... for ResMed machine users. You are using a Respironics machine and it doesn't do a flow limitation ... on the pressure grahp??? If the test pressure pulses annoy you the only way to stop them is to ... pressure pulses used to distinguish between centrals and obstructive stuff??? Those are tiny ...