Won't. Air belongs in my nose and throat. Other stuff don't. It is well known that "fixing" only one possible area of collapse in the upper airway does not usually effectively treat OSA in the long term for anyone, since negative pressure from narrowing and diaphragm movement simply causes the poin...

Curious if anyone has tried the new AlaxoStent since the original 6" was discontinued? I'm debating whether to try it or to try the nastent/back2sleep stents available in the EU.

Interesting idea. I've definitely had issues with the forceful stream of air coming out of the N20.

Thanks for the post.

I think someone once said the main difference would be in data interpretation, so there would not be a tangible difference in comfort or sleep. But whoever said that could have been all wet. I have been accused of the same . . . :wink: Data interpretation may be part of it, but not all. It affects ...

After buying the Resmed N20, I assumed that the machine mask setting would be 'Nasal'. But after struggling a few nights and reading the manual, I discovered that it should be 'Pillows'. Just an FYI for anyone out there, as it's a bit counter-intuitive if you ask me. From the manual: https://i.imgur...

The tidal volume does not, and cannot drop because what goes in has to (eventually) come out. Go to figure 6. They're only looking at short bursts which are apparently terminated by arousal. The first breath is missing ~200 ml which is stuck in the lungs because of PP. Consequently EELV is higher (...

I've done the full face mask too but still get a graph similar to the one Rubicon posted - so it's definitely not mouth breathing. But if you have palatal prolapse, it has to be mouth exhalation, otherwise there'd be no exhalation at all. Frankly, I find that "classic" PP waveform a little confusin...

dataq1,

Care to post your own flow pattern from OSCAR? I've done the full face mask too but still get a graph similar to the one Rubicon posted - so it's definitely not mouth breathing.

Please don't take this as a challenge, as it's not meant to be. But what what would be helpful (for me) to understand is how those arousals evidence themselves. (for example choking ? or suffocating ? or some other feeling?). Referring to the flowrate curve )from earlier in this thread): prolapse.j...

That may change: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT04305964 So whatever happened to yrnkrn? They been trying to get nastent approved in the U.S. for years. Then seven dreamers, the company that makes the device, filed for bankruptcy. They've just recently rebounded as a company focusing ...

I've been lurking this thread for a bit, and I'd like to understand if palatal prolapse (PP) is a condition that normally requires treatment? ( My question is conditioned on my (very rudimentary) understanding that PP is demonstrated by nasal inhalation and oral exhalation). I'm guessing that you'r...

Rubicon, I've tried all the aforementioned. Full face masks, every chin strap known to man (and some not), and mouth taping. I even tried nasal trumpets (or nasopharangeal airways, or NPAs) but they are horridly uncomfortable. Most relief I ever got was from nastent - which improved the expiratory f...

Hi Imposterdroids, I found the same thing - flow limitations are only inhale. But I did find that sometimes snore will appear in Palatal Prolapse. I didn’t have any motivation to measure it, I just wanted it gone. I think I conveyed this to you, but in case others are reading this thread I’ll inclu...

Morbius wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:08 am

Yup.

Your buddy Ali Azarbarzin invented it:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl ... Suppl.docx

Thank you sir. I apparently overlooked an NIH link.

Guess I'll delve into the OSCAR code and see how difficult it would be to implement.

I've got a question maybe someone can answer. Flow limitations as shown on the OSCAR app for my AirCurve 10 seem to be exclusively for flow limitations occurring on the inhale. I assume this is because the machine itself only detects them on the inhale and does not do any calculation for the exhale....