Well I think the EU is far stricter than the US when it comes to safety. So it isn't that.

Probably special interests keeping it out in the US so the for-profit US health "care" industry can make excess $$$$.

I think it is the combination of everything. Heartbeat, movement etc. Not just one factor. For the mat: Sleep Analyzer’s sleep apnoea detection capability has been validated through a clinical study with Hôpital Antoine Béclère in France and Hôpital St-Pierre in Belgium. The study compared Sleep Ana...

Interesting. I have this exact device. I have very similar results to you - my basal SPO2 is always 92 point something overnight, and I can spend a minute or more under 88%. That big sharp downward spike is something I've seen too. But generally the results aren't CATASTROPHIC. Neither are yours. I ...

Thank you Pugsy. I did have a Withing watch (no pulse ox) that tracked sleep based on movement. It told you on a graph when you were awake, when you were in light sleep, and when you were in deep sleep. Other devices claim to know when you are in REM sleep also. I think this would be incorporated in...

The app monitors apnea episodes per hour. Is it simply basing that on SPO2?

This new watch coming out soon supposed is medically approved to detect sleep apnea. Is this possible?

It has done trials at hospitals to get this clearance. I think it uses a combination of sleep tracking algorithms and SPO2 to reach its conclusions.

https://www.withings.com/uk/en/scanwatch

Cynicism and bad jokes aside, isn't this the same as myofunctional therapy? (which does have clinical studies for sleep apnea) Just copy pasting from a random one: "Current literature demonstrates that myofunctional therapy decreases apnea-hypopnea index by approximately 50% in adults and 62% in chi...

This claims to help sleep apnea (and other things) by training your throat/swallowing muscles? Qoro® – a new neuromuscular treatment method IQoro is a new and unique neuromuscular treatment method that takes just 30 seconds’ exercise, three times per day. It has been shown through many scientific st...

I am using a Contec CMS50F wristwatch and SPo2 Assistant software. It displays the SPo2 in stages like this... time spent at below 100% - 100% time spent at below 95% - 93.6% time spent at below 90% - 1.8% time spent at below 85% - 0.1% time spend at below 80% - 0% And so on. I am looking for a devi...

There are many threads about and even products for mouth taping. But what about nose taping? Do you think this would be dangerous? Everyone has a cold sometimes and your body automatically goes into mouth breathing mode so surely it can't be that bad? No-one dies from undiagnosed/untreated sleep apn...

Would it be weird to have a higher ODI awake versus sleeping?

Can anyone compare this two oximeters?

(first one is awake, second is sleeping)

Seems like I have worse breathing while AWAKE rather than sleeping, would you agree?

LSAT wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:46 am

This is an Oximetry Report showing your oxygen levels while sleeping..Doesn't report Sleep Apnea.

so what is the exact test that identifies sleep apnea within a sleep study?

I have doctor appointment next week but I would like to try understand this more before then.

Does anyone know if this is apnea or can tell what is going on?

thanks

Jas_williams wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:13 am

You are seeing 13 events with saturation drops below 88% with an ODI of 23.1, you need further investigation

thanks for replying... what one is the ODI?

You mean 21.3?

So... index 1/hr is the ODI? and that means 21 disturbances an hour or something?

I got this from a Contec pulse oximeter watch, overnight recording. Is anyone able to decipher it please? https://ibb.co/GHmVQHG event data SPO2 total event 166 time in event (min) 65 avg event duration (sec) 23.5 index 1/hr 21.3 artefact % 0.1 adjusted index 1/hr 21.4 SPO2 data basal SPO2 (%) 92.9 ...