RDI

kentoboo · Post by **kentoboo** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:10 am

Does a RDI of 49.7 really require a CPAP?

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:17 am

What's RDI ???????????

cflame1 · Post by **cflame1** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:55 am

respiratory disturbance index

Bikersguide · Post by **Bikersguide** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:19 am

Let´s have a look was Resmed tell us about RDI.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:12 am

Huh??

freshair · Post by **freshair** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:28 am

My RDI was 37 and I am on cpap---any number over 40 is considered severe-normal RDI is 5 or less-I did that google thingie to find the information on ranges--FA

cwied · Post by **cwied** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:58 pm

kentoboo wrote:Does a RDI of 49.7 really require a CPAP?

As others have said, 49.7 qualifies as severe. Do you know what the breakdown of the three different types of events was? You should have a count of apneas, hypopneas and respiratory-effort related arousals on your sleep study report if you have that.

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