Apnea worse with CPAP

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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Re: Apnea worse with CPAP

Post by deltadave » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:49 am

SleepingUgly wrote:
saltyk9 wrote: PLM Arousals - 10. 1.9 Index
LM Arousals - 22. 4.3 Index.
So on average you're having 1.9 arousals per hour from PLMS, which is not abnormal. I don't know what LM Arousals means. Some would say that if you're having so few arousals from PLMS, they are not clinically significant; others would disagree.
Who would disagree?
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Re: Apnea worse with CPAP

Post by SleepingUgly » Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:48 am

Never put your fate entirely in the hands of someone who cares less about it than you do. --Sleeping Ugly

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Re: Apnea worse with CPAP

Post by deltadave » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:04 am

Periodic Limb Movements are Associated With Disturbed Sleep, Birgit Högl, M.D.. Department of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Centre, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Dr. Hogl is on the speakers’ bureau for GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelhiem, Cephalon, and Novartis; she is on the advisory board of GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelhiem, Schwarz Pharma, and UCB.
Yeah, with Mirapex manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim and Requip manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, I can see where she might.

A better reference might be the AASM Practice Parameter on PLMs and RLS from 2004 (also refer to 1999 for additional comments).

http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=24120

http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/Practi ... LSPLMD.pdf

http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/Practi ... LSPLMD.pdf
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Re: Apnea worse with CPAP

Post by saltyk9 » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:47 am

SleepingUgly wrote:
saltyk9 wrote:

I think bruxism is a red flag for SDB. Any "alpha intrusions"? That's another red flag.
What are "alpha intrusions"?