Sleepyhead question

[lilasmom]

In the Daily event area it has the times that the event occurred, what does the number next to the time in () mean? Thanks.

[greatunclebill]

the duration of the event in seconds.

[lilasmom]

Wow! I had one last 69 seconds long...is this uncommon? It seems awfully long to stop breathing. Thanks!

[racprops]

First thanks for asking this question: I just learned something new about sleepyhead.

Sounds long what kind of event was it?

Rich

[chrate]

I was wondering the exact same thing. Thanks for asking. I had one that said 104 and because it was out of the norm, I didn't know if it was an area for concern.

[lilasmom]

It was a Hypopnea event. Looking back on my event history, my longest one is 88.

[SleepyToo2]

You need to look at the wave form for the event. For me, there is usually some airflow, which means the event is less scary than the duration suggests.

[racprops]

Yes that is shallow breathing not a total stoppage of breathing.

I have them all the time...in fact that is just about all I get now.

You might want to look my threads up.

Rich

PS: Hypopnea
An hypopnea is indicated if there is approximately 40% reduction in airflow for a duration of between 10 and 60 seconds, compared to the average airflow over an extended period of several minutes. Following a reduction in airflow, the therapy device must see two recovery breaths in order to label the event as a potential hypopnea. (Respironics detection is 40% reduction and ResMed detection is 50% reduction)