1st night on PR S1, sleepyhead interpretation

[mr.b]

Hi all,

I've been using a cpap for about 3 years. My initial machine was an old Resmed Tango set at a pressure of 8. I recently had a new set of sleep studies done to re-evaluate my situation and was given a PR System One autopap (set at 5 and 12). Last night was my first night on the machine and I was wondering if I could get some assistance in interpreting my results (from sleepyhead). My old machine had no data recording capabilities so I'm pretty new to the terms/lingo.

thanks,
Nick

[Pugsy]

You can start here for acronyms and definitions.
wiki/index.php/Category:CPAP_Definitions

Do you have the clinical/provider manual for your machine? It has even more definitions and explanations.
If you don't have it you can request it here.http://www.apneaboard.com/CPAP%20Adjustment.htm
Down near the bottom of the page are the directions for requesting it. Be sure to request the machine by its proper name...PR System One Auto CPAP with AFlex.

One of our forum members has a blog about Encore Viewer software which is same data but different software.
All the way down near the bottom..http://maskarrayed.wordpress.com/

This should get you started so you understand what you are seeing.

Your minimum appears to be 4 cm and not 5cm per this report.

This report is quite acceptable. AHI is less than 5 (which is a common standard) and leak line isn't nearly as dramatic as it might look due to reporting scale. Educate yourself then come back with specific question about what you are unsure of and someone can offer more specific ideas.

[mr.b]

thanks for the links Pugsy - I'll go do some reading.