Hello,
I've just recently given up on the chin strap and switched to taping. Can anyone recommend tape types? I was using cloth medical tape. But it mixes overly strong adhesive with poor saliva toleration, so not really ideal.
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- Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:19 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: What type of tape to use
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2149
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:19 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Machine Reported AHI question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1166
Re: Machine Reported AHI question
The machine doesn't report any leaks (0% and periodic breathing is 0% also, not sure what that is). I'll probably try the chin strap for two days, just to see what happens, but I have to say that using the chin strap seems like a major pita. I already have a chin strap, so its no cost to try it. But...
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:03 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Machine Reported AHI question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1166
Machine Reported AHI question
I am very new to CPAP (4 days) and have a PR System One A-flex machine (in C-Flex+ mode). I run at 7cm/h2o and use a SwiftFX nasal pillow (currently using the medium pillows). My machine currently reports 1.9 as my 7 day AHI. That works out to about a 3.3 AHI given that I haven't been using the mach...
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:23 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Questions to ask about sleep study
- Replies: 2
- Views: 765
Questions to ask about sleep study
Hello Based on how useful the feedback from my DME question was, I now wanted to ask what questions you'd ask your Dr. when reviewing the results of your first sleep study. The only questions I planned to ask was, how many events did I have with and without the device, and then what are the potentia...
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:37 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How to choose a DME?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3138
How to choose a DME?
Hello Just finished a sleep study, and the nurse gave me a form to choose my preferred DME (there were 11 on there I think). I wouldn't pick because I had no idea how to choose. Can anyone recommend a DME in Knxville, TN. Or at least tell me how to go about choosing an equipment provider? Cheers