In my search for a clue , I googled "Periodic Breathing sleep apnea". Most of the topics indicate heart problems are associated with this condition. I need some perspective here, obviously a little PB does not indicate heart failure, but I count 4 PB events in the first night pdf report... shouldn't...

PB clue here "...Since breathing is usually regular, periodic breathing, with its clusters of breaths separated by intervals of apnea or near-apnea, has fascinated physicians for years. The pattern of periodic breathing can vary considerably. Cheyne–Stokes respiration is characterized by rhythmic ri...

Sorry.. found it on the bottom of the pdf

PB periodic breathing
AP apnea
H Hyopopnea

I get AP and H, but is not all breathing periodic, or do they mean just the opposite..i.e. that breathing stops

jskinner wrote:... Here are the results:

http://james.istop.com/apnea/reports/ASVfirstNight.pdf

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Newbie here...

In row 2 of the pdf there are sleep therapy flags identified ( PB,AP, and H) . Can someone please tell me what these indicate.

TIA

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You need to upgrade to the M Series Bipap Auto to get full data capability. Thank you, just a newbie, I went back and checked the pamplets that came with the machine, it is a Bipap auto m series, and there is a smart card inserted into it.. so it looks like the software will provide some information

Thank you to one and all who answered my newbie question

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jnk wrote:..
Earlier I had asked Kerwin if I should get a sex change and move to Nashville.
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Back on topic, how's that affect the Respiratory arousal index(1)? Does heavy breathing count;)

(1)AHI +snoring related EEG arousals/hour of sleep.

It takes truly stupid person to tell you that: 1. "even though you have an auto machine you should leave it at min 4 - max 20 as the machine will know when you need a higher pressure" 2. " but we need to check the pressures of the machine to make sure that the pressure is actually what it says it i...