Card reader

Tor · Post by **Tor** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:19 am

Hi and thanks to this group. Must say I have learned a lot from you.
I am a newbie with CPAP. I really feel great today. Slept 8 hours this night with the machine.
I am living in Norway and have problems with the sleep lab because they will not give me the opportunity to buy a card reader. I wonder do that make sense for you people living in USA.
We have a lot of rights as patient here to so I think I shall talk with a office who are dealing with patient rights, but I would like to hear what you are doing in USA. Do you folks have a card reader, and do you think its give a lot of usefull information?

Hope this question makes sense, and english is my second language so sometimes i write some really funny stuff

blarg · Post by **blarg** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:27 am

You can order a card reader for your machine online in Australia if you have trouble getting one up there. I'm no expert on ResMed machines, but I'm pretty sure yours records useful data.

My card reader has been an indispensible part of my therapy, and worth every cent I paid for it.

pedroski · Post by **pedroski** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:23 am

Hi Tor,

I have a friend called Torgney who is from Norway. Your machine is one of the best selling flow generators in the world and records several kinds of useful data. I use the same machine although is it called Autoset Spirit in Australia.

This is a quote from the software for that machine.

These units can record up to 365 days of usage and treatment data. Usage data includes mask on/off events displayed on a Time of Night scale. Treatment data includes pressure and leak as well as indices including AHI, AI and HI. A maximum of five nights of Night Profile data can also be stored, which includes pressure, leak and events data.

Like blarg I have found the software and card reader an indispensable part of my cpap therapy.

If you have trouble getting a card reader PM me and I'd be glad to help.

I have several german friends as well and try to talk to them with my high school german and they get a lot of laughs out of me. Your english is very good.

Cheers

Peter

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Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:46 am

You have a very nice machine, and it records information. A card reader is very nice to have, but your machine also has a display which will show you the "stats" for the previous night.

If you don't know how to access the "stats", perhaps ask Pedroski and he can help you out.

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:32 pm

I believe the key combinations for your machine are the same as for my Resmed S8 Elite. If that is the case:

Holding down the Left and Right buttons for 3-4 seconds should bring up the Efficacy Data.
Click on the Left button (Enter)
Click on the Down button (down arrow)

You should then be able to access that night's average Pressure, Leak, AHI, AI, HI (if nothing is displayed you must be checking after 12 noon, click on the Left button and you can view the averges for the week, month, 6 months and year - depending on how you've been using your machine).

Clicking on the Right button exits that menu.

When in the Efficacy Data menu you press the Down button, that will take you to the Usage menu. Left click on that menu and you will be able to progress thru how many hours you've used your machine, how many days you've used your machine and how many hours you used your PAP that night. Again, using the Right button will exit that menu.

Once you get into the menu use of the arrows is pretty obvious.

Tor · Post by **Tor** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:57 pm

Thank you so much.
Had no idea I could find so much information without a card reader.
I think this numbers looks fine, agree?
Have used the machine for 19 days.

Last week:
Pressure 11
Leak: 0,241
AHI: 5,0
AI:0,3
HI: 4,5

I have understood that AHI is apnoe and hpyopnea index. AI is the apnoe index, and HI is the hypnoe index.
I think the machine have 15 as a maximum pressure.

pedroski · Post by **pedroski** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:11 pm

Yes Tor,

Those figures are fine. Particularly you're looking to keep the AI figure down and it's 0.3. Apparently Resmed machines score hypopneas a little higher than other machines, but 4.5 for HI is great. 0.241 for leak is good as well. You're doing well.

Cheers

Peter

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:31 pm

Tor, glad we were able to help. Now, what are the pressures set at on your machine?

If you are running it in Auto, then your low pressure might be a little too low -- which would cause hypopneas.

But, you numbers are very nice. Congrats.

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:54 pm

Linda, I take it that Tor's pressure is set at 15 but he didn't give us his lower pressure.

I think the machine have 15 as a maximum pressure.

Tor, if you check out the thread on the forum here:
Help interpreting AutoScan graph
posted by Carlossm you will see a graph printout from the Resmed AutoScan software.

Tor · Post by **Tor** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:35 pm

Hmm, sorry, but I don't know the minimum pressure. Guess I have to ask the lab.

Just curious, why do you think the min. pressure are to low?

Tor · Post by **Tor** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:44 pm

Hi again.
The pressure settings are 4-15.

Maybe I could raise the lower pressure from 4 to 6,5?

Do you think it's a good idea?

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:32 pm

Tor wrote:Hmm, sorry, but I don't know the minimum pressure. Guess I have to ask the lab.

Just curious, why do you think the min. pressure are to low?

I say that because HIs (hypopneas) are most of your AHIs. That would indicate that 4 is probably too low for you. Yes, I would raise it. You can start at 6.5 or 7 and go up from there.

Usually we set our machines with a difference of about 4 -- so 11 to 15 would be closer to what I would run it at.

But, if the HIs go down at 7, then you should be fine.

pedroski · Post by **pedroski** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:47 am

Hi Tor,

I agree with Linda. The spread is too wide and the apap will have trouble responding quickly. You're better off bringing the lower setting up a little.

Good luck

Peter

DreamStalker · Post by **DreamStalker** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:08 am

Yep ... raise that min pressure setting up to about 6 or 7 and you may see improvements for AHI below 5. Your numbers look good even if you don't mess with settings.

Also, the increments for the ResMed S8 machine pressure setting is 0.2 unlike the Remstar machines which have increments of 0.5 for pressure.

If you have never changed the settings, be sure to just go through and write what settings you have down in case you accidently change something you did not mean to change ... you can easily go back to square one.

Tor · Post by **Tor** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:48 am

Thanks.

But I don't understand why the minimum pressure matters so much. I mean, isn't the minimum pressure just the startup pressure, and when my APAP figure out it needs more pressure its just rise to the level i need?
Is it something I have missed here?

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