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- Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Best measure of CPAP effectiveness
- Replies: 3
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Best measure of CPAP effectiveness
Does an overnight study using a WM50 at home provide a better indication of CPAP effectiveness as compared to the API values on the machines screen? Or is the average API over a week or 30 days more meaningful.
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:55 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CFLEX AND CFLEX+
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2133
Re: CFLEX AND CFLEX+
Thanks I can't tell the difference between cflex and cflex plus. Except with either one sometimes air collects in my cheek. I wonder if that is because of some asynchronousity between my breathing pattern and the machine's. Is that an unavoidable aspect of CFLEX? Would using just CPAP be better. The...
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:53 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CFLEX AND CFLEX+
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2133
CFLEX AND CFLEX+
IS ONE BETTER THAN THEORY OTHER? SET CFLEX PER THE DR. POST SLEEP STUDY, SHOWING MILD TO MODERATE SLEEP APNEA, TO 12 PRESSURE AND 1 FLEX. NOTICED BIG DROP IN APNI BUT SOMETIMES HAD TO EXHALE SLIGHTLY FROM MY MOUTH WHEN THE PRESSURE BUILT UP THERE. I USE THE DREAM PADS ON THE NOSE ONLY. NOT A MOUTH B...
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:53 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Supplemental Oxyge
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1911
Re: Supplemental Oxyge
Overnight sleep study did not confirm low O2 at any point but suggested after titration that CPAPshould be fixed at 12 Cflex+. Took a few days to adjust to higher pressure. AHI down from 7 to 3 now.
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 7:25 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Supplemental Oxyge
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1911
Re: Supplemental Oxyge
I hope a typo in my initial post did not confuse. The time less that 88% was 5 minutes over over seven hours or about 1.2%. As stated, no worse than a cabin on a mountain or a flight. Cannot appreciate the doctor's concern or motives.