AHI Down Leak Rate up

[Roberta]

Last week my doc took my pressure off flex because the computer wasn't going over 9. This morning my AHI is 5.2 and leak rate is 33.8. Previously my AHI was bouncing in 8+ with an occasional 7+ and leak rate bounced between 24+-25+. Is this normal? I don't care how much it leaks as long as AHI keeps going down.
I'm not a techie so a simple answer will do.

[GumbyCT]

Last week my doc took my pressure off flex because the computer wasn't going over 9. This morning my AHI is 5.2 and leak rate is 33.8. Previously my AHI was bouncing in 8+ with an occasional 7+ and leak rate bounced between 24+-25+. Is this normal? I don't care how much it leaks as long as AHI keeps going down.
I'm not a techie so a simple answer will do.

The more leaks there are the less the machine can detect events. So that's not the way to go.

Read up and search "Our Wisdom".

[Roberta]

Read "All Our Wisdom" section on masks and think I'm compliant. Got out my instruction booklet and guess what? I'm under the vent flow rate for a setting of 11-12. Flow for a pressure of 12 is 40 unless I'm misunderstanding something.

[Wulfman]

Last week my doc took my pressure off flex because the computer wasn't going over 9. This morning my AHI is 5.2 and leak rate is 33.8. Previously my AHI was bouncing in 8+ with an occasional 7+ and leak rate bounced between 24+-25+. Is this normal? I don't care how much it leaks as long as AHI keeps going down.
I'm not a techie so a simple answer will do.

The "computer" or the APAP machine wasn't going over 9?
At 9 cm., the leak (Vent Flow) rate is a little over 30. With a range of pressures, it's a little harder to pin down what the actual average leak rate is compared to the average pressures.

What are all of the settings in your machine? (have you gone through them and checked?)

Do YOU have the software to look at your reports? (or are you getting the data from the LCD?)


Den