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by Rubicon
Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 17
Views: 3207

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

Where I'm really having trouble is signing on to ApneaBoard.
by Rubicon
Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 17
Views: 3207

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

Yup getting really bad.

Since everyone here is having the issue (I got Chrome-- might survey if it's Chrome or FF or Mac or Duck or moz) but it's

https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/err_ht ... col_error/

Couple tries with Android didn't have an issue.
by Rubicon
Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mysathenia Gravis and Bipap Machine
Replies: 3
Views: 131

Re: Mysathenia Gravis and Bipap Machine

Could also be some degree of nasolacrimal air regurgitation into the eye.
by Rubicon
Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

It has been brought to my attention that there is some confusion as to who that aborigine fuck is because there are quite a few players in the mix here. Note in this most recent study where x is noted to have nothing the reviewer is Brendon John Yee. https://i.imgur.com/YSym03a.jpeg Dr. Yee is in fa...
by Rubicon
Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

Well, I really tried to be civil, but that kinda went to shit. Page 23. Tell the cheap bastard to start: But you know what that aborigine fuck is going to say? "We don't have to because AASM says nasal pressure and inductance plethysmography are perfectly fine alternatives" (Note: Australasian Sleep...
by Rubicon
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

So in answer to your question, you can make pretty waveforms (and did so) with BiPAP.

However, everything you've presented so far shows your sleep efficiency to be about 55%. You'd need to get to 70% just to get to awful.
by Rubicon
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

My sleep specialist said himself that PSGs aren't programmed to pick up on RERAs and flow limitations accurately. It's something to do with the fact that outdated definitions of hypopneas are used, meaning more subtle oxygen desaturations aren't picked up on. "Not programmed"? He could have (and sh...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

And even if you wanted to use Tufik Criteria, AFL was not reported in your studies-- besides even he notes It is characterized by an increase in upper airway resistance and/or flow limitation leading to sleep fragmentation , resulting in daytime sleepiness. again underscoring the concomitant need fo...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

considering you haven’t elaborated on why you think I don’t have UARS. Sure, no prob. UARS by definition is a disease (although some clinicians don't even believe it is an entity) that is based on having RERAs, specifically =/>5/hr. Your 4/5/16 study shows RERA Index = 0.2. Your 4/23/23 study shows...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

Based on the information provided: 1. Your conclusion that UARS is the cause of your difficulties appears unfounded. Indeed, there isn't any evidence of it at all. 2. Your sleep quality is about 30 times worse than it should be. 3. A sleep log would help to examine overall sleep hygiene (it only tak...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

... your help. In order for that to happen, I will need: As previously requested, a description of every OSA-associated surgery you've had; A complete report of every sleep study you've had; A current list of all medications; A 2-week sleep log (AASM has one); The Oscar files; and The broomstick of...
by Rubicon
Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help analyzing Oscar waveforms
Replies: 12
Views: 5579

Re: Help analyzing Oscar waveforms

What’s the difference between a “you” breath and a machine “breath”? "You" breathe in a negative pressure system-- diaphragm drops down, air gets sucked in, restrictions to flow (usually) appear as flow limitations, and worsen the more aggressively you try to inhale. The "machine" utilizes a positi...
by Rubicon
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 7852

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

Pugsy wrote:
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:33 am
And we wait for Rubicon's thoughts.
I think your observations and additional questions are spot-on.