rested gal wrote: Doesn't look like automatic leak compensation is in the specs for any of these basic resmed machines:

C-series Tango
S8 Compact
S8 Escape

I'll call my rep tomorrow and see what he says. Thanks for pointing that out.

The Tango also delivers higher levels of humidification than the S8 or any of the respironics machines. It's only competitor from a humidification standpoint is F&P. Poor humidification is one of the top reasons why CPAP fails for people.

I would want to investigate the cause of the arousals.

Every CPAP machine today compensates for leaks. It is standard. The problem is that there good caregivers are the minority and most have very poor or nonexisitant. This is the problem with the entire industry. I want to see that changed. Now a CPAP machine needs to be designed for the patient. The c...

I think the last word (caregiver) should be changed to "patient". I would not agree with that. The patient needs to be educated by the caregiver. Not everybody comes to this forum to learn. The caregiver needs to make sure the patient understands his/her therapy completely. They need to understand ...

Wow the venom around here is quite astonishing at times. I can guarantee you that I could take that machine and make somebody 100% compliant and change their lives in the exact same way as I could with a machine that costs twice as much and has all the bells and whistles. It is not about the machine...

WillSucceed wrote:I looked at the clinician brochure... this is a seriously vanilla machine. Does not even have leak adjustment.

Totally bare bones -I would nto want one.

Yep, should make for a very good backup machine. Will be cheap, probably the same cost as many people sell used machine for.

ResMed has a new CPAP Machine out called the C-Series Tango.

http://www.resmed.com/en-us/products/fl ... tango.html

I just orderd a bunch of them so I'll give some kind of review on it when they come in.

Christy223 wrote:DP - Help, my question is does treatment help it???

Thanks for responding!!!

Sorry, yes it does indeed help.

No question about it, sleep apnea causes ED. This has long been known.

One thing to remember about Apria is that they have a contract with Respironics so they will always try and push their stuff over any other company.

I have never seen medicare deny a another sleep study when the previous one failed.

It is my experience that the Activa mask really does not work well at pressure below 10 cm H2O. In fact the higher the pressure the better is works. Now thats not to say it won't work on pressures below 10, just that it seems to work better at pressures above that.

Taking an Ambien during the sleep study would in no way effect the results or outcome. We will often give it to our patients who may have some anxiety. So I say go for it!

[quote]Well, APRIA is the only one my Insurance is dealing with and this is highly unlikely they will allow you to do that.
Sergey.
http://www.sleepapneasymptom.medgrip.com/cpap_mask.html