how do i interpret my sleepyhead data?

[zonker]

hello all!

i'm finally able to post my sleepyhead data after great advice from many and mainly from palerider. but what does the following tell you?



i have learned, thanks to a wiki, that my machine does not capture flow rate to sleepyhead. i hope this isn't too important!

mainly, i just want to learn how to interpret data so i can start doing any meaningful tweaks.

thanks in advance for any help.....

[palerider]

hello all!

i'm finally able to post my sleepyhead data after great advice from many and mainly from palerider. but what does the following tell you?



i have learned, thanks to a wiki, that my machine does not capture flow rate to sleepyhead. i hope this isn't too important!

mainly, i just want to learn how to interpret data so i can start doing any meaningful tweaks.

thanks in advance for any help.....

please post a full screenshot, use the 'take screenshot' off the view menu.

[zonker]

<sigh>



more better?

[Pugsy]

Do you have a calendar on the left and some colored bar graphs for the AHI and each event category?
So that it looks like this to the left of your graphs?

[palerider]

more better?

uh, sorry, no, hit f8 to turn on the left panel again, then screenshot again please.

[zonker]

<blerk>



maybe could be more better?

[palerider]

maybe could be more better?

your leaks are higher than would be good, and your pressure is likely too low...

so, yeah, there's room for improvement. if it were me, i'd raise the max pressure a cm and see what the auto feature does, and check again

[zonker]

maybe could be more better?

your leaks are higher than would be good, and your pressure is likely too low...

so, yeah, there's room for improvement. if it were me, i'd raise the max pressure a cm and see what the auto feature does, and check again

ALWAYS room for improvement, i should think. i know that i'm low on the pressure. i've been trying many and sundry things, among them lowering the pressure. this is to help me get used to the pillows again. but i should be okay by now and will try raising it up again.

what surprises me is the leaks. i wasn't aware that it was happening. could this be the cause of me waking in the night?

[Pugsy]

Where is large leak territory on a DeVilbiss anyway?
My mind is drawing a blank but I want to think it's very generous similar to Respironics.

Edit...Look like large leak territory begins just over 90 L/min total leak

[palerider]

what surprises me is the leaks. i wasn't aware that it was happening. could this be the cause of me waking in the night?

well, leaks bothered me until I found mask liners for my ffm... I don't usually think I have any leaks waking me up with the p10

[zonker]

so, yeah, there's room for improvement. if it were me, i'd raise the max pressure a cm and see what the auto feature does, and check again [/quote]

not saying one caused the other, but....raised my pressure by a mere half from 7 to 7.5. woke up at three thirty with the feeling that air was BLOWING into me. was also swallowing a lot of air. tried to calm myself and breath properly. slept off and on, but kept waking up to swallowed air. finally at six lowered the pressure back to 7. no immediate result because i was still swallowing air.

i don't think anything changed other than the raising of pressure.

not sure what to do now.

[zonker]

Where is large leak territory on a DeVilbiss anyway?
My mind is drawing a blank but I want to think it's very generous similar to Respironics.

Edit...Look like large leak territory begins just over 90 L/min total leak

so, what does it mean? and if you would be so kind, would you put up one of those many helpful links? like, one that would start schooling me on data interpretation?

thanks!

[Pugsy]

It means I don't think excess leaks are an issue.
Now if the leaks are waking you up that's one thing but your maximum leak doesn't seem to reach large leak territory so it probably is not negatively impacting therapy itself.

https://www.devilbisshealthcare.com/fil ... 092711.pdf

How to interpret the data? I think you are wanting something that says....so and so is okay and so and so isn't but there really isn't such a document.
Instead we do a lot of reading so that we understand what the terminology means and get a general idea what is within acceptable ranges and go from there.
The tutorial I have done (in the Announcements section) covers the basics. Have you looked at it?

In general...if the AHI is less than 5.0 then that is considered acceptable. Some people say they feel better if it is lower so that work towards lower but the medical profession in general won't try to improve on a less than 5.0 AHI.
Leaks...as long as someone doesn't spend a prolonged amount of time in large leak territory then we trust the AHI to be correct.
Leaks that wake us up need to be worked on no matter how tiny but because anything that disturbs our sleep is unwanted.

For further clarification on something specific shown on your reports it's best to just ask directly for further explanation.

[zonker]

How to interpret the data? I think you are wanting something that says....so and so is okay and so and so isn't but there really isn't such a document.
Instead we do a lot of reading so that we understand what the terminology means and get a general idea what is within acceptable ranges and go from there.

hence why i ask "how do i interpret my sleepyhead data?". and i've seen over and over again in this forum how important this is. and i've seen time and again cooler and wiser heads here, the ones that have been on the forum a long time, give opinions based on a chart that someone posts.


The tutorial I have done (in the Announcements section) covers the basics. Have you looked at it?

obviously not, or i wouldn't have asked for a link.


In general...if the AHI is less than 5.0 then that is considered acceptable. Some people say they feel better if it is lower so that work towards lower but the medical profession in general won't try to improve on a less than 5.0 AHI.
Leaks...as long as someone doesn't spend a prolonged amount of time in large leak territory then we trust the AHI to be correct.
Leaks that wake us up need to be worked on no matter how tiny but because anything that disturbs our sleep is unwanted.


so am i to take it that you're saying if ahi is less than five, i should just be happy?


For further clarification on something specific shown on your reports it's best to just ask directly for further explanation.[/quote]

how can i ask a specific question if i don't get some rough idea of what i'm looking for?

honestly, i know you are trying to help, but i just get so aggravated at this.....

[Pugsy]

so am i to take it that you're saying if ahi is less than five, i should just be happy?

I never said that at all.
I said that less than 5 AHI is generally considered "acceptable therapy" by medical professionals (your doctor or DME).


Perhaps someone else can help you or understand what you want...I can't.