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by aland
Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How Sleep Apnea Causes Strokes
Replies: 25
Views: 2277

Re: How Sleep Apnea Causes Strokes

This article implies that the health problems caused by sleep apnea are due to low blood oxygen levels. My sleep study showed my blood oxygen level to be normal all night even though I had a lot of apnea events. I have been using cpap for about 3 weeks. I'm using it 7+ hours a night and seeing an AH...
by aland
Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: leak rate
Replies: 2
Views: 791

leak rate

I'm a new cpap user and have found a lot of great information on this site. I have a question about leak rate. My Remstar pro reports the 7 day average leak at 40. The instructions for my mask say the mask leak at my pressure will be 30. Is a system leak of 40 too high, or is that acceptable? The 7 ...