O2 Levels

[Sleepless_in_LM]

At what level of O2 do you need to begin to be worried?? Is it more about time spent at low levels, or is it a problem anytime you hit certain levels?

In an effort to understand my major cluster of events right after falling asleep, I got Oximeter to see how it was effecting my O2 levels. Last night, was another huge cluster night. My O2 levels seem to drop to around 91, with occasional drops just under 90.

Thanks for any insights.



BTW, if you will allow a little venting... called my Sleep Doc to setup an appointment to talk about this and they told me mid-January at the earliest. So the RT picked up the phone and asked what was wrong and I tried to explain. I suggested that I could just zip up the data and email to them. He told me, "No you can't. You can't access the data." He refused to accept that I had access to the data. After arguing for a few minutes, he told me someone else would call me back. Clueless!!! The nurse that called me back said if you can access the data, can you print it and drop it off? So they got a rather large packet of printouts delivered today, but the doc won't be back in until Tuesday to take a look. I hope the RT is there when I have my next appointment

[Pugsy]

Hope you gave them Encore copies. They won't have a clue about SleepyHead and likely will poo poo the reports.

I think 88% desats is where someone has to go and stay for a while before they get too worried about oxygen levels.
I remember my titration study there was a mention about spent only so and so minutes less than 88%. So that seems to be what my doctor goes by.
Brief quick desats can sometimes be attributed to loss of connection.

[greatunclebill]

the thing i keep seeing posted is that you have to be below 88% for a total of 5 minutes over the total night to be eligible for supplemental o2. this graph is nowhere near that level. you can still ask the doctor.