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- Sat Jun 14, 2025 1:48 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Newbie of Six Weeks Requesting Data Review and Advice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1326
Newbie of Six Weeks Requesting Data Review and Advice
... a bit all over the web, if I understand correctly, the Central Sleep Apneas (Clear Airway events in OSCAR) can still really be the main/major ... and I'll upload those as well: https://imgur.com/a/oscar-june-13-2025-frank-UaH0cBR And here is a link to my SleepHQ data: https://sleephq.com/public/teams/share_links/4a132889-d37d-4e78-a275-fb6860954bd1 ...
- Mon Sep 02, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How do I help my Father with CPAP
- Replies: 111
- Views: 115953
Re: How do I help my Father with CPAP
... and there is no flow limit or snoring near that flag. Some obstructive apneas happen without any prior warning signals that the upper airway is in danger of collapsing. I think they're sometimes called frank obstructive apneas . I believe you are right that 4 is too low for the ...
- Fri Aug 23, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Newbie to Forum Long Time CPAP user Looking to Improve Therapy
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16493
Re: Newbie to Forum Long Time CPAP user Looking to Improve Therapy
... down. The machine's auto adjusting pressure algorithm is designed to increase the pressure in response to snores, flow limitations, obstructive apneas and hyponeas. So the machine's increase in the pressure isn't the cause of the flow limitations.....the flow limitations come first and they ...
- Fri Aug 23, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Newbie to Forum Long Time CPAP user Looking to Improve Therapy
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16493
Re: Newbie to Forum Long Time CPAP user Looking to Improve Therapy
... down. The machine's auto adjusting pressure algorithm is designed to increase the pressure in response to snores, flow limitations, obstructive apneas and hyponeas. So the machine's increase in the pressure isn't the cause of the flow limitations.....the flow limitations come first and they ...
- Wed Jul 24, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How to improve?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17867
Re: How to improve?
... (that are likely Central in nature). Notice how the clusters of apneas are present when the machine is at higher pressures. While you were ... the root cause of your sleep problems. You should: Switch back from the Frank(low)enstein to ResMed In the mean time, cap you max pressure at 15, ...
- Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:14 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Help with Pressure Settings for New APAP User
- Replies: 61
- Views: 17668
Re: Help with Pressure Settings for New APAP User
... refuses to go to a higher pressure and he's having a lot of obstructive apneas still. All oscar is doing in this case is proving that 12 cmH20 is ... just needs support more than anything and maybe needs someone to have a frank conversation about the danger he is in by insisting 12 is the max. ...
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 12:24 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Need help, suspect UARS. Want to try APAP - need advice and guidance.
- Replies: 367
- Views: 225806
Re: Need help, suspect UARS. Want to try APAP - need advice and guidance.
... apnea. If you are asking whether a high RDI with no hypopneas and no frank apneas can make a person very ill, the answer is YES!!! (Furthermore, appropriate CPAP treatment ...
- Fri May 25, 2018 11:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Flow Limitation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2435
Re: Flow Limitation
... and the second group treated with CPAP pressures targeted to treat apneas, hypopneas and snores. The pressure requirements for the first group ... limitation] in certain patient populations that do not present with frank apneas. Standardized IFL scoring should lead to better detection and ...
- Fri May 04, 2018 3:43 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Please help cpap friends
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5830
Re: Please help cpap friends
... There are factors in sleep disordered breathing that may not be frank apneas. Again, without knowing your specifics, that's probably not a needed conversation. When ...
- Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:20 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Getting a Respironics Dreamstation auto pap
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4937
Re: Getting a Respironics Dreamstation auto pap
... the user has many flow limitations and/or snores and few hypopneas or apneas, the pressure can run up further than what it needs to be. Sometimes ... on. Having a lower pressure too low means that you get to experience frank occlusive apnea before your machine algorithm decides to up the pressure, ...
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:53 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: nih on flow limitation
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3130
Re: nih on flow limitation
... SDB has shown that scoring flow limitation events in addition to apneas and hypopneas has a better sensitivity and specificity of correlating ... SDB such as IFL in certain patient populations that do not present with frank apneas. Standardized IFL scoring should lead to better detection and ...
- Wed May 10, 2017 6:16 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Newbie advice -Resmed AirSense10 autoset
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5481
Re: Newbie advice -Resmed AirSense10 autoset
... of us don't exhibit the classic "symptoms" of gasping for breath and frank apneas (stopping breathing). (I don't even snore) So you are fortunate to have had an astute ...
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:41 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Why is an AHI below 5.0 considered normal?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9420
Re: Why is an AHI below 5.0 considered normal?
... 5.0 is considered normal, if a person sleeps for 8 hours and gets 40 apneas that night how can that not be a problem? What am I missing? I thought ... low of a low pressure range setting means that the patient must go into frank obstructive apnea before the level nudges up. Ick. And, too high of ...
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:20 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: any advice greatly appreciated
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7967
Re: any advice greatly appreciated
HOLY CRAP!!! (Channeling Frank Barone) You used the term "frank apneas". Somebody get me some smelling salts!!! Quick!!! I did that, just for you... using the correct meaning ...
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: any advice greatly appreciated
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7967
Re: any advice greatly appreciated
... without all the wires connected, it's not assured. well, she's having frank apneas , and there's no massive intakes of air before or afterwards, before would suggest a ...