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by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:36 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

I believe it is ALWAYS useful to help people with concepts and to clarify. I just don't think people enjoy coming here and being told that they have used the term wrongly when they have actually used the term BiPAP correctly, just not according to manufacturers' trademark battles. I don't consider m...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

I contend that stating "ResMed doesn't make BiPAPs" is MUCH more likely to confuse and mislead and obscure and to give the wrong impression than to educate--unless someone is asking what VPAP means, in which case the clearest answer using common usage in harmony with academia usage might be "it is R...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

To be clear, I am NOT asking anyone to adopt or approve of common usage or academic usage; I am only asking that we please stop trying to enforce manufacturers' usage when people come here to ask simple questions. It is only a suggestion/request. I have no authority here. In fact, I'm still amazed ...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:37 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

chunkyfrog wrote:
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:22 pm
Resmed makes a bipap--they just don't call it that.
Precisely. Now THAT is education!
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

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by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

I'm sorry Dog Slobber. I didn't realize you were actually agreeing with my thread title. I thought you trying to argue against it for some strange reason. Let's start over, then. Do you or do you not agree with the thread title, since everything else I have posted was to supply sources and arguments...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ot- 2020 memes
Replies: 739
Views: 303425

Re: Cough, slight fever, feeling fatigued

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:43 am
Cough, slight fever, feeling fatigued
Probably just an allergic reaction to the acid?
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

To be clear, I am NOT asking anyone to adopt or approve of common usage or academic usage; I am only asking that we please stop trying to enforce manufacturers' usage when people come here to ask simple questions. It is only a suggestion/request. I have no authority here. In fact, I'm still amazed ...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

To be clear, I am NOT asking anyone to adopt or approve of common usage or academic usage; I am only asking that we please stop trying to enforce manufacturers' usage when people come here to ask simple questions. It is only a suggestion/request. I have no authority here. In fact, I'm still amazed I...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:12 am
The current model Outback is a crossover!
:lol: 8)
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

There is manufacturers' usage (a business game no one should be forced to buy into), there is common usage (what Merriam-Webster has documented), and there is academic usage (to which I have supplied numerous links). Academics use BiPAP to mean bilevel of any brand, a fact for which I have supplied ...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

The goal post is the thread title. In summary, the dictionary supports the thread title. Pugsy's statement agrees with it. Scientific literature agrees with it. Respected experts and researchers use the term that way. As best I can tell, all English-speaking sane people know it is true if they bothe...
by jnk...
Wed Sep 09, 2020 7:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

Fortunately manufacturers' word games have zero effect on respected mainstream experts using either term in books and scientific articles. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/bilevel-positive-airway-pressure The quotations provided in Merriam-Webster establishing generic usag...
by jnk...
Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

I admit PR's attempts to derail this thread are entertaining, but once a position is debunked it is best to accept it and move on.
by jnk...
Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel
Replies: 108
Views: 16285

Re: BiPAP as an abbreviation simply means bilevel

PR in his signature line wrote:"Just the facts, ma'am"
Don't just quote the words; embrace the concept.