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by dee604
Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Update: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

Hello fabulous cpaptalk community! I thought I would let you know that my AHI score has settled down, consistently below 1 since May 4th :D :D :D I am on Resmed Airsense for Her, with a fixed pressure of 6.6. I'm still not sleeping as well as I'd like, and suspect that poor sleep quality is contribu...
by dee604
Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

Many thanks, Pugsy, for generously sharing your wisdom on this thread and others.
by dee604
Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

Sure enough, there are two lines. I'll see what the RT has to say when we meet on Wednesday.

Dee
by dee604
Sat Apr 27, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

Update and another few questions.... Thanks all, for your contributions to my learning. I do believe my respiratory therapist is on the right track with her adjustments from APAP to CPAP. My CAs are down from a high of 34 per night on Monday to just 5 last night :) As I am still using the loaned equ...
by dee604
Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

Thanks to all for your contributions. I see there is lots for me to learn. I can only hope my brain gets the rest it needs to do the necessary learning for optimal self-care. This forum is an inspiration that there are positive changes ahead for me. Blessings to each of you....Dee604 thank you.jpg
by dee604
Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

flex alters the inhale and exhale pressure. This reduced pressure on exhale can increase clear airway by further reducing co2. constant fixed seems to work better, and lanky, sa sleep tec on the other site, or his youtube explains it better. I'd always check from another source anything from a foru...
by dee604
Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

CA.PNG To my novice eye, these look like authentic CAs, not related to wakeful periods. It seems that most, if not all of the CAs reported over this night have this same narrow bandwidth, non-jerky flow rate associated with them. Is that consistent with how the experienced cpap'ers would interpret ...
by dee604
Wed Apr 24, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Re: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

SH apr 22 19.PNG Thank you for your response LSAT. I'm still on loaner equipment, using Philips Respironics Dreamstation and ResMed Airfit P10 Nasal Pillows. I expect you can get the rest of the data from the image I've uploaded. Please advise if there is more I can offer to help you to help me. It...
by dee604
Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 12936

Continuous Pressure for Central Apnea

Hello wonderful new friends. I am new to apnea and have been snooping around cpaptalk.com for a week or so. I've not come across my problem, so have come to you xpap jedis to tap into your wisdom. My respiratory therapist is wanting to reduce my central apnea by putting me on continuous pressure rat...