Calling all Resmed S8 auto software users

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Calling all Resmed S8 auto software users

Post by Spookydoo » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:17 pm

What are the red thermometer looking things that represent an apneatic event. I know that they are apneatic events, but I don't know what the numbers represent over top of them--typically a 10, 11, 12, or 13 in my case.

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Re: Calling all Resmed S8 auto software users

Post by Slinky » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:28 pm

You are right, the red "thermometers" designate an apnea event; the number in the box on top of the "thermometer" is the number of seconds the apnea event lasted. I'll bet you suspected as much and just wanted confirmation.

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Re: Calling all Resmed S8 auto software users

Post by dsm » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:25 pm

With ResScan (latest) you get 2 windows on your screen. The lower window can be used to open a full width representation of a portion of the top window (whole nights data).

This 2nd window can be right down to (IIRC) 1 minute of data. Usually 10 mins or 30 mins is quite adequate. Doing this allows you to examine an event in a fair bit of detail.

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Re: Calling all Resmed S8 auto software users

Post by Spookydoo » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:57 pm

Thanks guys. Very helpful. Thought it might be seconds, but also thought it might represent severity of some kind.