Respiration rate

[linesandlines]

Hi all,
I'm having a mooch around the boards today, downloading my Sleepyhead data etc and trying to understand it. A couple of questions;

- Respiration rate. Mine hits 50 every night. Is that 50 breaths a minute? I don't think I could breathe that quickly when awake! What could it indicate?

- Clear Airway events - should this be 0, or is it normal to have a few CA events every night?

Thanks in advance.

[Julie]

I imagine it's 50/hr. And it's normal to have a few CAs, usually on going to sleep, and while waking (or just before).

[SGearhart]

The respiration should be read as per minute. 20 is the "normal" respiration per minute. From what I understand when a person enters REM, respiration will increase. You need to look at your Tidal Volume, Minute Vent, Inspiratory Time, and Expiratory Time for a better picture.

[grayghost4]

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- Respiration rate. Mine hits 50 every night,,,

It that is 50/Hr. wouldent that mean an AHI = 50 ... each one 50 sec long ???

That would be 10 sec to breath and 60 sec to hold your breath.

[Lazer1234]

That means 50 breaths per minute, it's just too much. Your body has to work hard to maintain the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide.

[palerider]

Respiration rate. Mine hits 50 every night. Is that 50 breaths a minute?

yes, 50 breaths a minute, or a little over 1 second for inhale/exhale.

[OkyDoky]

Respirations are measured in breaths per minute. How long were you at that rate? If it's just a spike then back down, probably not meaningful. I had a straight up spike that had a break in the graph just before the spike, not sure why. But I don't believe this was accurate. I didn't find anything to corelate it to in the other graphs or events.

[Krelvin]

- Respiration rate. Mine hits 50 every night. Is that 50 breaths a minute?

Hard to discern from what they wrote if that was a max they hit or their 95%. I hit a high around 45 when I am masked up and getting into bed, but my 95% is typically around 12.5 - 18.

[linesandlines]

How long were you at that rate? If it's just a spike then back down, probably not meaningful.

Over the past few nights, it's an average of 4 times a night I hit that level, and stay there for a minute or two. Probably just insignificant peaks then?

[linesandlines]

Hard to discern from what they wrote if that was a max they hit or their 95%.

Looks like my 95% is between 20 & 30 breaths per min.

[palerider]

How long were you at that rate? If it's just a spike then back down, probably not meaningful.

Over the past few nights, it's an average of 4 times a night I hit that level, and stay there for a minute or two. Probably just insignificant peaks then?

maybe you're just having a really good dream

[linesandlines]

maybe you're just having a really good dream

[cathyf]

maybe you're just having a really good dream

...or maybe a really bad one! (When the tiger catches you it's really bad... )

[LSAT]

In Sleepyhead...if you look at the statistics area on the left side...put your curser over "respiration rate"...it defines it.

[palerider]

maybe you're just having a really good dream

...or maybe a really bad one! (When the tiger catches you it's really bad... )

awe... some tiggers is cuddly!