Our lab has a 3-5 day turn around, but that is different in every lab. Especially if they are not scoring the studies in real time and are sending them out to be scored. Once the titration is done and prescription is sent to DME company, insurance can take up to 30 days for approval. Now we are book...

Sometimes the scar tissue that forms after UPPP will sometimes make the airway even worse. I have seen patients go up on pressure 5-6 cmH20 after surgery. Like Pugsy mentioned, the Sleep Onset Central Apneas are your body getting it's Pco2 and PO2 correctly aligned as your body's metabolism is corre...

What type of mask (nasal or full face) do you wear? Your AHI spikes around the time you are in REM and so does the leak. By a quick glance, I would think you are wearing a nasal mask and having oral venting which is causing the leak and the AHI spike. If this is true, a chin strap or full face mask ...

I am sleep tech in NC and a CPAP user. Usually after 5 years, the insurance company will cover the cost minus deductibles and any other thing they can deny. If you have proved compliant with data uploads, they will usually only require a "Periodic Titration" study to make sure the pressure is corre...