ok, so what does this mean

cflame1 · Post by **cflame1** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:39 pm

Had an NR Apnea show up on my report the other night. What's it mean?

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:49 pm

cflame1 wrote:Had an NR Apnea show up on my report the other night. What's it mean?

"NR" stands for "Non-Responsive"
I see you have Encore Pro. Do you also have MyEncore? If so, did it show how long the apnea lasted?

Best wishes,

Den

cflame1 · Post by **cflame1** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:08 am

was less than 1 tick on the AHI chart... not sure if I can get more specific than that.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:28 am

hi cflame1,

As Den said, NR stands for "Non-Responsive"...meaning, it was an apnea that your REMstar Auto tried a few pressure nudges against, but when the machine saw no improvement the machine stopped trying to use more pressure against THAT apnea.

The thinking (if a machine could think in words), "Hmmm, more and more pressure isn't making the situation better, so maybe the throat is already open. If so, this might be a central apnea instead of an obstructive apnea, in which case there's no reason to use more pressure to open an already open throat. I'll just leave this one alone and mark it as non-responsive to pressure nudges."

cflame, an occasional central apnea or possible central apnea is no big deal at all. Even a few scattered, random centrals throughout the night is no big deal, imho. So, don't worry when you see an occasional "NR" show up on your data. And above all don't worry, "OMG, a CENTRAL! Maybe it's too much pressure!!"

For more about centrals and about the way Respironics machines arrive at a "NR" tick mark, here's some interesting reading:

viewtopic.php?t=2844

Links to Central Apnea

Feb 21, 2005 subject: Remstar Auto - Non-responsive events? Three page discussion of Remstar Auto flagging "NR" events.

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http://www.apneasupport.org/viewtopic.php?p=24677
In a reply titled "Nope" sleepydave (an RPSGT and manager of an accredited sleep lab) responds to honda's question about sleep study results:

honda wrote:

Thanks for the comments, one other question though, do the 4 central apneas have any significance ?

None whatsoever.
sleepydave
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krousseau · Post by **krousseau** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:56 am

I think the occasional central apnea common in all people whether or not they have SDB. People with OSA will have them occasioally because all people do. People with central apnea have a lot of them. And some people have a mix of obstructive & central sleep apnea.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:12 am

krousseau wrote:Probably the info above is just my conjecture or something I read somewhere-sometime-and I am 65 now so who knows what I remember. If anyone offers to pay for my expertise-I’ll let you know and we can all laugh.

Love it, Kay!

Have a good one.

Den

Offerocker · Post by **Offerocker** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:03 am

Wulfman wrote:
krousseau wrote:Probably the info above is just my conjecture or something I read somewhere-sometime-and I am 65 now so who knows what I remember. If anyone offers to pay for my expertise-I’ll let you know and we can all laugh.

Love it, Kay!

Have a good one.

Den

That's a disclaimer if ever I read one,
And Kay, I'm not sure I could afford your expertise, so am doubly-glad you're giving free advice HERE! .

ok, so what does this mean

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