Bipep
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Probably need a little more detail before answering. Your Dr will have to prescribe a Bipap, Apap or Cpap, usually based on a sleep study.
Putting it very simply,
CPAP is the recognized treatment for OSA, or obstructive sleep apnea and is an effective therapy when set to the correct pressure.
APAP is useful for those people who require differing pressures while sleeping in different positions through the night. For example, some need more pressure when sleeping on their back.
BiPap is normally used for people with high pressures, or who have a lot of Central apneas, in which the body "forgets" to take its next breath.
Hope this helps.
Putting it very simply,
CPAP is the recognized treatment for OSA, or obstructive sleep apnea and is an effective therapy when set to the correct pressure.
APAP is useful for those people who require differing pressures while sleeping in different positions through the night. For example, some need more pressure when sleeping on their back.
BiPap is normally used for people with high pressures, or who have a lot of Central apneas, in which the body "forgets" to take its next breath.
Hope this helps.
If a user has stock standard OSA without any complications, a Bilevel can be used instead of a straight CPAP as it will offer the best form of exhale relief.
Exhale relief gets important if you are on higher CMS pressures and are battling with aerophagia (swallowing air) or mask leaks/squeaks that keep waking a sleeper.
Cheaper machines try to emulate bilevel functionality & some come pretty close to being bilevels (the S8 with EPR for example).
A-Flex is a sort of bilevel.
Timed bilevels are a different matter & best suited to people with variable breathing and or centrals.
Bilevels come in many forms, vanilla (2 pressures), Auto (2 pressures & it also adjusts them both as needed based on feedback), plus some even more sophisticated types such as the AutoSV & avars AdaptSV types.
Good luck with what ever you go for.
DSM
Exhale relief gets important if you are on higher CMS pressures and are battling with aerophagia (swallowing air) or mask leaks/squeaks that keep waking a sleeper.
Cheaper machines try to emulate bilevel functionality & some come pretty close to being bilevels (the S8 with EPR for example).
A-Flex is a sort of bilevel.
Timed bilevels are a different matter & best suited to people with variable breathing and or centrals.
Bilevels come in many forms, vanilla (2 pressures), Auto (2 pressures & it also adjusts them both as needed based on feedback), plus some even more sophisticated types such as the AutoSV & avars AdaptSV types.
Good luck with what ever you go for.
DSM
xPAP and Quattro std mask (plus a pad-a-cheek anti-leak strap)
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