Found an easy to understand guide to PAP therapy

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Matt00926
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Found an easy to understand guide to PAP therapy

Post by Matt00926 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:25 am

http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/mech%20vent%20intro.htm


Basic information regarding PAP settings such as how to increase oxygen, how to decrease carbon dioxide, rise time, inspiratory time, tidal volume, etc. I found this helpful and easy to understand as an end-user.
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Re: Found an easy to understand guide to PAP therapy

Post by PoolQ » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:56 am

lots of different terms, I think that is for ventilator use and not specifically CPAP
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Re: Found an easy to understand guide to PAP therapy

Post by Julie » Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:35 am

Mm - it's for 02, not Cpap, which is just room air (however much 02 happens to be in it that night).

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Re: Found an easy to understand guide to PAP therapy

Post by Matt00926 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:53 am

Yeah it's more in general to understand the basics behind mechanical ventilation. A lot of people have problems with maintaining adequate oxygen saturation whether they just have apneas or more complex respiratory issues. I think it's good to understand how things work since your doctor will probably never discuss it.
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Re: Found an easy to understand guide to PAP therapy

Post by Goofproof » Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:10 pm

K.I.S.S., is often the best approach to life. Most XPAP treatment isn't that difficult. Overthinking it leads to obsessing about things that matter little. It seems to be a passtime here.

XPAP, provides extra air pressure required to keep your airway from closing as you sleep, as long as the pressure is contained in your airway, and set to the needed pressure. A machine that collects full data and the software to display it, can help you understand if it's doing its job, and if not why. For most users this is all that's needed. For the rest, we have doctors, many times we opt for more complex machine than we need, think more is better, what we end up with is more complex treatment, sometimes more than we need, and the worry of trying to fix something that could be done in a much more effective way. Jim
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