Exhale relief (EPR, Cflex) correlation with AHI

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derek70
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Exhale relief (EPR, Cflex) correlation with AHI

Post by derek70 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:07 am

For so long, after change my EPR from 2 to 1, my AHI is <2.

Is there any correlation with exhale relief and apneas?

I think the impact is more than a comfort feature.

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Lizistired
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Re: Exhale relief (EPR, Cflex) correlation with AHI

Post by Lizistired » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:12 am

Yes, for some of us. It's individual though. In my avatar the red graph is AHI. Where it drops off is when I finally turned the EPR off.

What was your AHI before you reduced the EPR?

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derek70
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Re: Exhale relief (EPR, Cflex) correlation with AHI

Post by derek70 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:01 pm

Lizistired wrote:What was your AHI before you reduced the EPR?
AHI=5

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