pressure changes
pressure changes
Orig. dx. in a sleep study AHI's over 100. Since being on my bipap I have asked for my pressure to be lowered twice. I am now at 12/16. I am learning, slowly, by following this forum, how to try and read the graphs. I have had no OA's or CA's since two weeks after starting the therapy on 12/16. I am also on O2 at 2L. I had an oximitry done a few weeks ago and they decided to continue and perhaps maybe deleting it on my appt. on the 23rd. My charts show only UA's and Hypoxia. Very few hypoxia and 5 to 6 UA's. When I look at the charts the UA's are only when my mask pressure is not good but I'm not showing leaks on my summary. I do adjust my nasal mask often by pulling it away from my face and replacing. I am an active sleeper and I can feel leaking and it awakens me. This is where the UA's are showing.
Question 1: Am I correct in assuming that my UA's with mask pressure are the reason for the UA's.
Question 2: Since I am showing no obstructions or CA's do you think I could ask for my pressure to be reduced again? My average AHI cumulative for the period 1/21/15 to present is 1.93.
I would like to be able to act like I know what I am talking about when I speak to them again.
Question 3: If you think I could lower my pressure and the doctor says "no" will this affect my Medicare which is still in the 90 day compliance but ends on 3/16. I guess my question is do I have to rely on the doctor for changes or can I do it myself without jeoparding my Medicare and supplement insurances?
Question 1: Am I correct in assuming that my UA's with mask pressure are the reason for the UA's.
Question 2: Since I am showing no obstructions or CA's do you think I could ask for my pressure to be reduced again? My average AHI cumulative for the period 1/21/15 to present is 1.93.
I would like to be able to act like I know what I am talking about when I speak to them again.
Question 3: If you think I could lower my pressure and the doctor says "no" will this affect my Medicare which is still in the 90 day compliance but ends on 3/16. I guess my question is do I have to rely on the doctor for changes or can I do it myself without jeoparding my Medicare and supplement insurances?
Re: pressure changes
Hello. I want you to know that as the owner of the PAP therapy device, you ARE IN FULL CONTROL, of your pressures, and your settings. If you want to change your settings, because you feel that they are too high, or too low, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT, to change your settings.
Medicare cannot take your PAP therapy machine away from you, if you change your pressures. If you know how you are to change your pressures, AND YOU THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PRESSURES, THEN, I SAY, PLEASE DO IT. You have every single right. Medicare can't do a single thing about it. I change my pressures every day, like when my muscles get weak, I increase my IPAP up as high as 25 at times to really augment my spontaneous breathing effort.
At night,I go back to IPAP of 15 and an EPAP of 11 to sleep on.
but these settings are your settings.
If you know how to change these settings, then PLEASE DO IT IF YOU NEED TO.
Medicare cannot take your PAP therapy machine away from you, if you change your pressures. If you know how you are to change your pressures, AND YOU THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PRESSURES, THEN, I SAY, PLEASE DO IT. You have every single right. Medicare can't do a single thing about it. I change my pressures every day, like when my muscles get weak, I increase my IPAP up as high as 25 at times to really augment my spontaneous breathing effort.
At night,I go back to IPAP of 15 and an EPAP of 11 to sleep on.
but these settings are your settings.
If you know how to change these settings, then PLEASE DO IT IF YOU NEED TO.
Re: pressure changes
Somewhere in the original Medicare process, the doctor has to sign off on something to the effect that you are using the CPAP machine 4 hours a night, and that the treatment is "effective."
I guess it's possible that some doctor with delusions of grandeur could become incensed that you committed heresy by changing his divinely inspired pressure settings and refuse to sign.
It shouldn't happen, but the medical mafia members often do strange things.
I guess it's possible that some doctor with delusions of grandeur could become incensed that you committed heresy by changing his divinely inspired pressure settings and refuse to sign.
It shouldn't happen, but the medical mafia members often do strange things.
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Re: pressure changes
I am trying to figure sleepyhead out. My mask pressures show flat at the time of the ua's. Am I safe in assuming that the UA's are attributed to me adjusting my mask or leakage? Sorry that I didn't explain that question clearly.
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Re: pressure changes
Sharhamm, without seeing your charts, it's hard to know for sure, but I think it is quite reasonable that the UA's (unclassified apneas) are a result of pulling the mask away from you face or at a time when the leaks are greater than can be compensated for by the machine.
ResMed's ResScan Manual wrote:Unknown Apnea: An apnea during which a leak higher than 30 L/min occurs, precluding accurate determination of whether the apnea is obstructive or central.
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Re: pressure changes
what leak rate are you having when you see UAs? pressure doesn't matter.Sharhamm2 wrote:I am trying to figure sleepyhead out. My mask pressures show flat at the time of the ua's. Am I safe in assuming that the UA's are attributed to me adjusting my mask or leakage? Sorry that I didn't explain that question clearly.
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I can[t figure out how to post my graphs. I went to imgur.com, downloaded and followed the instructions. BUT how do I get it to post in reply box? Sorry, I am not so great with this stuff.
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I don't see much leaks, so, I dunno,
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Re: pressure changes
Do you happen to have ResScan available?
Or are you using a Mac and can't use ResScan?
I am wondering if ResScan would call those UAs...OAs. I had this happen with someone else I was helping but it was for a different Resmed machine than you are using.
If you are using a Mac and can't use ResScan....can you get me a copy of your SD card? Do you know how to do that?
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Or are you using a Mac and can't use ResScan?
I am wondering if ResScan would call those UAs...OAs. I had this happen with someone else I was helping but it was for a different Resmed machine than you are using.
If you are using a Mac and can't use ResScan....can you get me a copy of your SD card? Do you know how to do that?
If you are using Windows...and need ResScan send me a private message.
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Re: pressure changes
Just the AHI breakdown statistics and the events graph showing the little boxes above each event (that's duration in seconds) and make sure to include the legend on the left.Sharhamm2 wrote:I have rescan. What graphs do you need me to post?
Though really my main thought was to look to see what ResScan is calling those events you are wondering about.
Is it calling them UAs or is it calling them OAs...you should be able to tell real quick.
If ResScan is calling them OAs...then it's just a little SleepyHead bug calling them UAs.
If ResScan is calling them UAs then it's the S9 that can't determine exactly what they are and we can't blame it on leaks so then I don't know why it can't figure out what they are. Maybe zooming way in on one of the UAs might give us a clue but it also might not.
But before I would do anymore worrying about them I would verify with ResScan.
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Re: pressure changes
What works for me:
Pressure 5 mm water
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Pressure 5 mm water
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I haven't really gone into Rescan much so I don't know how to pull up the breakdown of the AHI's. Can you help me out there? All I can pull up is Statistics and Summary graphs.