Is lowering the number of runs necessary with a 420E?
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Is lowering the number of runs necessary with a 420E?
My runs (FL) has been about 25/hr. I have IFL1 off and IFL2 on. I have increased my max pressure to 12 (based my sleep doctor's suggestion) and the min pressure to 6. I haven't seen any difference in my runs data. Does anyone know how to lower the number of runs? Or should I be worrying about it? The rest of the numbers are satisfactory to me.
The quality of therapy SEEMS to be indepedent of number of "runs" on a 420E, but I am still more than a bit fuzzy on what "runs" means and I too would certainly like to hear someone give the definitive answer to this.
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What you read above is only one data point based on one person's opinion.
I am not a doctor, nor do I even play one on TV.
Your mileage may vary.
Follow ANY advice or opinions at your own risk.
Not everything you read is true.
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A flow run is a succession of flow limited breaths. There is no definitive "treatment answer" since flow limitations can affect people differently.
If a person receives either desats or sleep disturbances because of their flow limited breaths, then it is worth finding a way to minimize those flow limited breaths. If a person receives neither desats nor sleep disturbances because of those flow limited breaths, then they are really of little or no consequence.
Grain-of-salt disclaimer: I'm no medical expert!
If a person receives either desats or sleep disturbances because of their flow limited breaths, then it is worth finding a way to minimize those flow limited breaths. If a person receives neither desats nor sleep disturbances because of those flow limited breaths, then they are really of little or no consequence.
Grain-of-salt disclaimer: I'm no medical expert!
Reduced my runs number dramatically
I don't know why, but my runs number is always high. One night I
switched to a different mask, and my number of runs plummetted!
So I went back to my old mask, and they went back up. A couple
of nights later, I switched to that other mask, and the numbers
decreased dramatically. A week later, I tried it again, with the
same results. My runs number is the only component that I
have not had any success in reducing with my PB 420e. Unfortunately,
we got a new puppy, and she chewed up my Comfort mask.
Ultra Mirage FF -- high run number
F&P FlexiFit HC 431 FF -- high run number
Respironics Comfort FullFaceFit -- very low run number
I used an oximeter and didn't see any different in my desaturation.
switched to a different mask, and my number of runs plummetted!
So I went back to my old mask, and they went back up. A couple
of nights later, I switched to that other mask, and the numbers
decreased dramatically. A week later, I tried it again, with the
same results. My runs number is the only component that I
have not had any success in reducing with my PB 420e. Unfortunately,
we got a new puppy, and she chewed up my Comfort mask.
Ultra Mirage FF -- high run number
F&P FlexiFit HC 431 FF -- high run number
Respironics Comfort FullFaceFit -- very low run number
I used an oximeter and didn't see any different in my desaturation.
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