SPO2 drop with CPAP

[Babytiger2049]

Hello to everyone i am new here but i am hoping for some insite from you guys. i have been on my C PAP for a month and my SPO2 is dropping in to the 70's with drops in to the 60's. I can only sleep with my C PAP for 3 to 5hrs and then i wake up. i have been getting less sleep with my C PAP then with out it. I dont know what to do about it.

[Respirator99]

G'day Babytiger, welcome to the forum.

We really need a bit more detail to sensibly comment on your results - I suggest you sign up for a free account at SleepHQ (link in my signature). Upload your data, then post a link here. That will let us see your breathing etc in detail.

You mention your SpO2 is dropping to the 70s and even 60s. That is way low, and could be a cause for concern. Alternatively, it may be that your O2 ring is losing contact with your finger and giving a false reading. Depending on the type of ring, SleepHQ can also show your oxygen levels on the same chart as your CPAP results.

[Babytiger2049]

I use a GE DASH 4000 full patient monitoring system for my SPO2 reading's

[Respirator99]

I use a GE DASH 4000 full patient monitoring system for my SPO2 reading's

OK, so that looks like a high-end device. Does it provide a chart that you could share with us. We still don't have any details about your CPAP machine or how your breathing is going, so we do need to see that SleepHQ output. Alternatively, provide a chart from Oscar (link in my signature). SleepHQ is better for reviewing somebody's breathing, however.

[ozij]

I use a GE DASH 4000 full patient monitoring system for my SPO2 reading's

OK, so that looks like a high-end device.

@Babytiger2049:
There must be a reason for you to be using such a high end device.
May I suggest you give your saturation info to the medical team involved in prescribing the CPAP and providing the monitor?

If there's no medical team i.e. you bought this second hand somewhere, I would question its reliability.

We still don't have any details about your CPAP machine or how your breathing is going, so we do need to see that SleepHQ output. Alternatively, provide a chart from Oscar (link in my signature). SleepHQ is better for reviewing somebody's breathing, however.

Exactly.

[Nocibur]

I use a GE DASH 4000 full patient monitoring system for my SPO2 reading's

OK, so that looks like a high-end device.

Wow, Dash 4000? That's a blast from the past! That thing must be 30 years old!

I am very familiar with that thing (well, used to be anyway). I don't think they can print any usable reports for our purposes tho. Maybe take a picture of trends.

[Nocibur]

And if he (she?) is just looking at nadir could very well be just artifact.

Might be better off putting that thing on a display shelf and getting a CMS-50.

[Nocibur]

Maybe take a picture of trends.

Yeah, I'm not seeing how a useful oximetry graph could be generated even in a 6-minute window (and that would be a LOT of graphs):

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[Nocibur]

I'd like to say I'm amazed about the number of threads that suffer premature deaths, but I'm not.