In a few weeks I will be hospitalized for knee surgery. I plan to tape my mouth during cpap but I'm concerned that hospital personnel will frown upon this practice to say the least. Has anyone had experience with this?

I had the same problem with a new S9 Autoset and sent it to ResMed for repair.They sent back another new S9 and it also had the whistle noise on exhale.I think all of the newer models made in Singapore have this undesirable feature. I bought a white noise machine and no longer hear the whistle.The m...

I just watched the youtube video Nocturia: Sleep is a terrible thing to waste . It shows how fluid returns from the legs at night and causes increased blood flow to the kidneys and more urine output. I have had some venous reflux in my legs and slight swelling of my ankles on occasion.This would exp...

I am an M.D. and I feel confident that hypoxia is the cause of the nocturia as shown by pulseox studies.It seems weird that AHI is often low or normal during these events.My question is how to best increase my pressures to minimize the hypoxias.I'm also concerned about causing centrals.My current se...

Of late I've been waking up after 2-3 hours with a full bladder.This happens sometimes even if I have been on my side or stomach.It can occur with an AHI=0 during this time period.The desats are in the 89-91 range.My APAP setting has been 10-15cm so am considering an incremental increase to see if i...