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by ghg
Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Respironics BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex - too good to be true?
Replies: 30
Views: 10499

bipap auto - PB new nasal pillow

will post pressure graph this weekend
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I guess I can keep my mouth shut. PB breeze nasal pillow mask
worked fine.. AHI down from 2-4 range to 0.5. untreated AHI 61.
had been using FFMs.
--ghg

by ghg
Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Respironics BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex - too good to be true?
Replies: 30
Views: 10499

auto bipap

you have me beat on initial AHI. mine was 'only' 61. (no sleep lab) determined by setting IPAP=EPAP=4 AND RUNNING encore pro. with on auto, my AHI is now 1.9-3 range. my pressures seem to run 8-10ish for large parts of the night and it autos up to 14-15 epap 19-20.5 ipap when in real deep sleep.. mo...
by ghg
Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Respironics BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex - too good to be true?
Replies: 30
Views: 10499

only negative on bipap auto is no LCD backlight

respironics went to the trouble to put the LED lights
in the buttons under firmware control, but no
backlight LCD. I just use a flashlight when I need
to look at it. no biggie.

This is only a minor nit..everything else is a huge winner
on this machine
--ghg

by ghg
Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Tap Water in your humidifier can kill you
Replies: 79
Views: 26728

Colloidal silver in the humidifier

A friend of mine pours colloidal silver (30ppm) 50/50 with distilled water into the humidifier. bugs will never grow in the humidifier, the hose, or mask with that. He claims it also keeps his asthmas and pneunomias in check also. I put it in my bipap also. Unlike a nebulizer, colloidal silver in th...
by ghg
Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Respironics BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex - too good to be true?
Replies: 30
Views: 10499

Respironics BIPAP AUTO

I had suspected I might have OSA for several years.. All the tiredness, spont falling asleep at work, etc. But my job entails "waking up" every hour or two during the night to check on computers where I work. I just thought that the tiredness was from that, so I never pursued OSA diagnosis. I starte...