Search found 97 matches: ballistocardiographic

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by lazarus
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS Bipap/ASV consensus
Replies: 9
Views: 2850

Re: UARS Bipap/ASV consensus

... when he was treating "expiratory instability"? And his images submitted for "evidence" suddenly disappeared when I pointed out they could be ballistocardiographic artifact? Vividly. I doubt he'll ever again make detailed pronouncements in a public forum about results tracings without running ...
by Rubicon
Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS Bipap/ASV consensus
Replies: 9
Views: 2850

Re: UARS Bipap/ASV consensus

... when he was treating "expiratory instability"? And his images submitted for "evidence" suddenly disappeared when I pointed out they could be ballistocardiographic artifact? Too bad he didn't burn all the evidence before some resourceful poster saved and reposted them. We coulda talked about ...
by Pugsy
Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:39 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Insane respiratory rate last night, concerned.
Replies: 34
Views: 7187

Re: Insane respiratory rate last night, concerned.

Looks to me like ballistocardiographic artifact. Lots of discussion about it here in the past and essentially it can be ignored. https://www.cpaptalk.com/search.php?keywords=ballistocardiographic It's not really a respiration per ...
by Morbius
Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Insane respiratory rate last night, concerned.
Replies: 34
Views: 7187

Re: Insane respiratory rate last night, concerned.

probably ballistocardiographic artifact causing what looks like a marked increase in respiration rate at time. Recalling the good ol' days: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x256/sleepydave/expiratory-intolerance-on-bilevel2.jpg ...
by Pugsy
Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Insane respiratory rate last night, concerned.
Replies: 34
Views: 7187

Re: Insane respiratory rate last night, concerned.

probably ballistocardiographic artifact causing what looks like a marked increase in respiration rate at time. https://www.cpaptalk.com/search.php?keywords=ballistocardiographic You need to add the red line to mark the flow rate ...
by Pugsy
Sat Dec 25, 2021 9:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: First OSCAR data
Replies: 36
Views: 33446

Re: First OSCAR data

... of hard to see on your first image because it is a 1 minute segment and not 2 minute segment. Zoomed in a little to close. Anyway...it's called a ballistocardiographic artifact and quite common and usually amounts to the respiration rate being doubled. Freaks some people out especially when it ...
by Pugsy
Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Too much for one post?
Replies: 49
Views: 9824

Re: Too much for one post?

... exhale and inhaling slightly then exhaling or occasionally the reverse. Like some kind of double triggering. Should this be worrying? Looks like ballistocardiographic artifacts to me. Nothing to worry about. https://www.cpaptalk.com/search.php?keywords=ballistocardiographic
by Pugsy
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Switching from CPAP to APAP advice
Replies: 53
Views: 5958

Re: Switching from CPAP to APAP advice

... faster than you really are at times. No big deal and a normal artifact but it does make for a weird looking flow rate graph. Search the forum for ballistocardiographic discussions.
by Pugsy
Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Muscles of exhalation compromised with CPAP
Replies: 71
Views: 3160

Re: Muscles of exhalation compromised with CPAP

... deeper. It's common and normal and means absolutely nothing to see it happen. http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=181147&p=1374369&hilit=ballistocardiographic#p1374369
by Pugsy
Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleepyhead Respitory rate
Replies: 1
Views: 461

Re: Sleepyhead Respitory rate

... as look to see if the machine is counting the cardiac echo. scroll up a bit http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=178159&p=1346364&hilit=ballistocardiographic#p1346364 http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t175532/Respiratory-Rate-wrong-while-abnormal-breathing.html?hilit=ballistocardiographic ...
by Pugsy
Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:11 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Subject: Fragmented Sleep, FLs, Suspected UARS, REM Related. 5 Months of Optimization + EERS
Replies: 28
Views: 8211

Re: Subject: Fragmented Sleep, FLs, Suspected UARS, REM Related. 5 Months of Optimization + EERS

... Leak Flow rate I don't need the respiration rate graph. I know it looks rather active but it's not really so much and I think we are getting some ballistocardiographic echo causing the respiratory rate to be slightly elevated. It's a weird little blip thing causing the machine to think you are ...
by nee
Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?
Replies: 241
Views: 38896

Re: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?

The flow rate looks like the cardiac echo thing. Ballistocardiographic artifacts http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=176864&p=1321125&hilit=ballistocardiographic#p1321125 lots of past discussion about it http://www.cpaptalk.com/search.php?keywords=ballistocardiographic ...
by Pugsy
Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?
Replies: 241
Views: 38896

Re: I'm a dentist treating myself! CPAP Results... Advice please?

The flow rate looks like the cardiac echo thing. Ballistocardiographic artifacts http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=176864&p=1321125&hilit=ballistocardiographic#p1321125 lots of past discussion about it http://www.cpaptalk.com/search.php?keywords=ballistocardiographic ...
by palerider
Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is this bad? Is it UARS? Flow rate questions
Replies: 47
Views: 41881

Re: Is this bad? Is it UARS? Flow rate questions

... on the CPAP fragment I posted is evidence of expiratory intolerance. If you mean this: http://www.cpaptalk.com/download/file.php?id=8735 Look up 'ballistocardiographic" That's what I had originally thought. But why did I have that on CPAP, but not on the blievel? Because of the biggest variable. ...
by slowriter
Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is this bad? Is it UARS? Flow rate questions
Replies: 47
Views: 41881

Re: Is this bad? Is it UARS? Flow rate questions

... on the CPAP fragment I posted is evidence of expiratory intolerance. If you mean this: http://www.cpaptalk.com/download/file.php?id=8735 Look up 'ballistocardiographic" That's what I had originally thought. But why did I have that on CPAP, but not on the blievel?