I contacted Respironics on my question about the discussion, here is the response I received about it. Seems I wasn't as far off as I thought and the seasoned veteran that is well versed in everything may be wrong after all.... Dear Mrs. Connors, Thank you for the interest in the flex family of tech...

I was warned about asking questions but did anyway, I learned my lesson Please don't take that attitude. We ALL started from "Square One" and didn't know diddly squat. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Lots of this info is also in the archives.......so, use the Search function above and if you stil...

No my settings are 9.5 and 15 with A-flex 3, the RT explained it in a way that made me believe that it was 3 cm lower than my minimum pressure. The 560 simply cannot do 9.5 exhale and 15 inhale...it can't do 9.5 exhale and 10.5 inhale... What it can do is raise that 9.5 minimum pressure setting up ...

It sounds like your auto range is 9.5 to 15. So it can go up as needed during the night. The A-flex will reduce it some, but it can't reduce it more than 2 cm. Your RT may not fully understand it, many don't. Resmed has a 1, 2, and 3, and theirs are straight drops of 1, 2, and 3cm. So, the RT may t...

What is the difference? My inhale is 9.5, my exhale is 6 on APAP with A-flex, sounds the same. Would you explain the difference? Your 560 model machine can't do inhale at 9.5 and exhale at 6...no such settings available on that machine.... Now you might have it set in apap mode with minimum of 6 an...

Bi-Level therapy is basically TWO pressure levels.......one for inhale (IPAP) and one for exhale (EPAP). The EPAP pressure setting is supposed to be set to eliminate Apneas and the IPAP pressure setting is to eliminate Hypopneas. These can be set quite a bit apart. To complicate it further, an AUTO...

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What is the difference? My inhale is 9.5, my exhale is 6 on APAP with A-flex, sounds the same. Would you explain the difference?

djhall wrote:BiPAP provides two pressures, a higher one for inhale and a lower one for exhale.

This may be a dumb question but isn't that what APAP with a-flex is?

If you use the slimline hose be sure and go into the clinical setup menu and change hose diameter to the smaller choice. The default when the heated hose is used is automatically changed for you but otherwise with a regular hose the default is for 22 mm diameter hose and the slimline hose is much s...