Thinking of increasing pressure, what are the issues.

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Re: Thinking of increasing pressure, what are the issues.

Post by ChicagoGranny » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:28 am

sleepy1235 wrote:I would post charts, but you have to use a URL and that compromises confidentiality I think.
ChicagoGranny wrote:
sleepy1235 wrote:The posting of graphs on this board isn't anonymous.
It is if you know what you are doing.

Post the graph as a photo in your FB account using Privacy Setting "Me".

That URL will be untraceable.

(There are other ways to do it with privacy.)

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Re: Thinking of increasing pressure, what are the issues.

Post by sleepy1235 » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:29 am

Oh, and last night you can tell when I fell asleep. the SPO2 was high up, and then plunged below 0.8 and went up and down three times, then I started to climb and stabilize. It all happened in about 5-10 minutes. Then I was little low for 60 minutes as I climbed up.

I am ready to try 20 cm/H2O. I won't. As an engineer I will try increments.

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Re: Thinking of increasing pressure, what are the issues.

Post by Not Fade » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:06 pm

Oh, and last night you can tell when I fell asleep. the SPO2 was high up, and then plunged below 0.8 and went up and down three times, then I started to climb and stabilize. It all happened in about 5-10 minutes.
This is most likely one of two things,

1. You are using ramp and the ramp pressure is set too low or the ramp time is set too long.

2. You are seeing oximetry artifact, probably motion artifact, and the desat statistics are not accurate.

If you want the forum to help you, post a detailed chart. You can do this by using a URL that maintains your identity as confidential.

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Re: Thinking of increasing pressure, what are the issues.

Post by Bama Rambler » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:52 pm

sleepy1235 wrote:I would post charts, but you have to use a URL and that compromises confidentiality I think.
You have already lost any confidentiality you had by posting on any forum. It can be traced right back to you even if you use a proxy or so called anonamizer.

You might as well set up a flickr account and host the graphs there and post the link here.

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