Sleeptech010110, you might want to double and triple check some of the things you're writing before posting as a "sleep tech" -- if that's really your profession. I'm not a doctor or sleep tech, or anything in the health care field. I can sure be wrong, too. But when a person chooses to post with t...

Most masks are built with a leak around 20, to allow CO2 to be blown off. Clinically speaking, leak of 40 is where it's considered to begin to lose effectiveness. Below 40 isn't any big deal. As explained to me by a representative from Respironics, explaining how the system works and what are and a...

Yes!! All common:-) 1) Deeper sleep, body temp lowering like it's supposed to:-) 2) your apnea's not waking you up:-) 3) You're sleeping long enough to get decent REM cycles, not the short violent bursts your body's been forced to get:-) 4) Humans are fueled by two things, sleep, and food. Not enoug...

Make sure you don't fill it above the water line, usually halfway up. If you find water in the hose during the night or in the morning, try covering the hose with a blanket, keep it warm. Or last but not least, turn down the humidifier:-P

I'm a tech, don't deal with the insurance side. But ya, those things are expensive, and yes, the tests are expensive, but people can and have had a bad reaction to cpap. COPD pt's are a particulary good example. They have MORE events the HIGHER the pressure. Their brain monitors CO levels instead of...

Incredible first night, congrats:-)

Your sleep tech would be proud:-D

A) We're generally not allowed to tell you the results, and the raw data is nothing more than squiggly lines.

B) Doesn't sound like a very good tech.

C) Very rarely does a pt at my lab get less than 7 hours...

Sorry your experience wasn't the most pleasant:-)

Most masks are built with a leak around 20, to allow CO2 to be blown off. Clinically speaking, leak of 40 is where it's considered to begin to lose effectiveness. Below 40 isn't any big deal. Masks are designed to fit comfortably, with a semi-loose fit. Try adjusting the nose bridge around before ti...

Three things... 1) EPR is a patient comfort setting, it lowers the pressure so it's easier to exhale, then cranks it back up for the inhale to prevent any apnea's. The chance of it causing an apnea and your pressure needing to be raised to compensate is incredibly low. 2) Your oxygen levels are moni...