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- Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:25 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Machine into Surgery?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3255
Re: CPAP Machine into Surgery?
1. Discuss with your doctor, but also contact the surgery center you are having your surgery. Most will make the arrangements to allow your machine or provide one for you (bring your own mask). The hospital where I work in now evaluating people at risk for OSA and will be treating with apap post op ...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:29 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: update "first visit to DME"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 702
update "first visit to DME"
Monday I posted my experience with DME and being talked into PRS1 cpap pro instead of apap that I wanted. I was finally able to arrange a return trip today and exchange for the S9 AutoSet that I was originally talked out of. My DME RT was unwilling to set machine to auto at this time due to MD's ord...
- Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:28 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Quick question for those using apap
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3670
Quick question for those using apap
For those of you with apap machines, do most of you us in auto mode all the time or do you run a titration sample occasionally the use in cpap mode?
thanks Jason
thanks Jason
- Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Had first trip to DME today
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1787
Re: Had first trip to DME today
Thanks for all your responses... very helpful. Just reinforcement to get what I want. To my DME's credit, I did check the machine I received and it is the Pro model with full data. Only thing it is not is the auto. DME did also say he was willing (just not motivated) to get apap for me if I wished. ...
- Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:15 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep study tomorrow
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1442
Re: Sleep study tomorrow
Already planning for one of the better reviewed apap machines for the improved data. I'm calling my insurance tomorrow to see what they cover under my plan, but in what I have read on their site it's not much. I may be paying a lot out of pocket for good sleep. I want the apap because I believe my p...
- Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:05 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep study tomorrow
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1442
Sleep study tomorrow
Hi all. I'm new to this forum and have been newly diagnosed with OSA. My apnea is very mild in comparison to many here (14 per hour with the longest of 69 sec., O2 saturation to 82%). I am having my repeat sleep study and Cpap trial tomorrow night and was just wondering about any specific questions,...