is my machine treating my sleep apena the way it should be

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springman946
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is my machine treating my sleep apena the way it should be

Post by springman946 » Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:01 pm

hello I was just wondering is my bipap machine treating my complex sleep apnea the way it is suppose to I see where the black marks split in the mask columns and the pressure columns what does this mean? and what is flow rate? what is the difference between mask pressure and where it says pressure on the left side of the screen. thanks for your help
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Re: is my machine treating my sleep apena the way it should be

Post by palerider » Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:08 pm

I'd raise the minepap a bit, and only use the mask pressure trace next time.

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Re: is my machine treating my sleep apena the way it should be

Post by ajack » Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:37 pm

Did you do a sleep study with the ASV? The pressures are wrong if you have CSA.
You may have some positional apnea, like chin tucking. There is also the clinical manual at apneaboard
I would have min epap 8 for the UA/H and the rest in default settings
min epap 8
max epap 15
min PS 3
max ps 15

this titration guide will help
https://www.resmed.com/us/dam/documents ... er_eng.pdf

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Re: is my machine treating my sleep apena the way it should be

Post by palerider » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:33 pm

Best to just ignore ajack, he thinks he knows far far far more than he does.

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