1st sleep study results

tiredandsleepy · Post by **tiredandsleepy** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:50 am

I finally got the results from my 1st sleep study. Actually got them when I arrived for the 2nd sleep study. They are as follows:

Time in Bed (TIB) 483.2
Sleep Period (SPT) 467.5
Total Sleep Time (TST) 323
Total Stage 1 Sleep 38
Total Stage 2 Sleep 154
Total Stage 3 Sleep 57.5
Total Stage 4 Sleep 0
Total REM Sleep 73.5
Total Movement Time 0
Total Wake Time 160.2
Wake Time during SPT 144.5
Latency to sleep onset 14.5
Latency to persisient sleep 47.5
Latency to Stage 2 41.5
Latency to REM Sleep 264.5
Sleep Efficiency 66.8%
Sleep Maintenance 69.1%
# of REM Episodes 2
# of Awakenings 19

Arousals caused by Apnea and Hypopnea 0
Snore 0
PLM 0
Spontaneous 74

Min O2 Saturation 92%
Max O2 Saturation 98%
Average O2 Saturation 94.8%

The second study last night was a split night study. Can anyone look at this and give me any idea of what will or SHOULD take place from this point on?

Thanks in advance

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:31 pm

Did they hook you up to a cpap machine during the second night???? ...'cause it seems that you DON'T have OSA.

Did they give you any insight regarding what might be causing your 74 arousals?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:35 pm

Yep last night it was 4hrs without and 4hrs hrs with cpap. That is what I did'nt understand if the results were the above why they went through with the 2nd study and CPAP. But I did feel like I had more energy today.

tiredandsleepy · Post by **tiredandsleepy** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:11 pm

Above was my posst as guest did'nt realize I was'nt logged in. Thanks most probably figured it was me though.

inacpapfog · Post by **inacpapfog** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:48 am

So, did you rate as having OSA (maybe boarderline?)
Unless there is something else going on......seems like you don't have OSA ib you go ny the numbers.
I'm confused!

tiredandsleepy · Post by **tiredandsleepy** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:16 pm

That is why I am wondering what the purpose of the 2nd sleep study was. Unless they are trying to figure out the 74 spontaneous arousals.

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:41 pm

tiredandsleepy wrote: Unless they are trying to figure out the 74 spontaneous arousals.

That may be... but they wouldn't need the cpap unless they needed to open your airway... which they didn't!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:52 pm

So it sounds like they are just spending someone elses money.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:37 pm

wading wrote:

Did they hook you up to a cpap machine during the second night???? ...'cause it seems that you DON'T have OSA.

I agree, PSG looks Normal to me or nothing I'd go through the hassle of trying cpap for.

Unless... those results are the results with CPAP or the 2nd half of the study.

They don't know what causes Spontaneous arousals, 74 is not bad as long as they don't prevent you from reaching REM.

From the results of the PSG study I'd say it didn't effect sleep any BUT the user's nickname would indicate otherwise.

Medications, pain, it is pretty much a dart board on what causes them.

tired:

What medications are you taking?

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:38 am

Perhaps they suspected UARS and wanted to see if CPAP would cut down the number of arousals?

Definition of UARS is in this article from The Cleveland Clinic

Below are some interesting links posted by SleepyJ in a topic in the:
Sleep Studies Forum, apneasupport.org, August 2006.

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http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/115/4/1127
The Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome*
Elliott N. Exar, MD and Nancy A. Collop, MD

* From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

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http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/conte ... 161/5/1412
Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome Is a Distinct Syndrome

Christian Guilleminault and Susmita Chowdhuri

Stanford University Sleep Disorders Center, Stanford, California

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http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/conte ... 161/5/1413
Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome Is Not a Distinct Syndrome

Neil J. Douglas

Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:13 am

rested gal wrote:Perhaps they suspected UARS and wanted to see if CPAP would cut down the number of arousals?

Perhaps... but unlikely considering the study shows zero arousals due to snores. This is one case that it would be interesting to get some feedback from the sleep tech.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:36 am

tiredandsleepy wrote:The second study last night was a split night study. Can anyone look at this and give me any idea of what will or SHOULD take place from this point on?

tiredandsleepy, I see that you also posted your data at:
http://www.apneasupport.org/forum-4.html

That was a good idea. If you'll ask the sleep center to give you the charts (sleep architecture, for example) to post there, sleepydave can probably help you a lot.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:01 am

here is another thread where sleepydave discusses spontaneous arousals:

http://apneasupport.org/about1644.html

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:32 pm

Rested Gal I did post them there too. I was'nt getting much response on this site about it so I tried there. I am at a loss as to what the Clinic is thinking. I go back tuesday to find out what the 2nd results are. I did have some lab work done though and it came back normal. I take no medications at the present time and no health problems. Other than always being tired and wanting to sleep. I did feel somewhat better the morning after the split study.

tiredandsleepy · Post by **tiredandsleepy** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:35 pm

That was my post above as guest. Also RestedGal 102 people viewed it on the other board and 0 replies. I am not sure why but maybe sleepydave will see my post and has some input. I always like your posts RestGal they are always full of information. Thanks

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