ajack wrote:The only thing I can think to add is that to remove the bacterial filter, to see if that is obstructing the unit
Good to see you're paying attention.AMK wrote:I do not have an inline bacteria filter.
ajack wrote:The only thing I can think to add is that to remove the bacterial filter, to see if that is obstructing the unit
Good to see you're paying attention.AMK wrote:I do not have an inline bacteria filter.
Because an apnea is not a flow limitation.AMK wrote:I watched that link palerider and I guess my question was, why doesn't an OA always appear as a spike in the flow limitation graph? Like here, from the same night we've been discussing:
https://gyazo.com/d2c34ce39991e5e11f788d941a4eb2fa
No flow limitations there. As an aside, I can't figure out how those OA marks are placed. It looks like one long 1min 33 sec OA to me.
Thank you for all the help!
Yes, raising the minimum to better hold the airway open in the first place is the next step to stop the clustering.AMK wrote:If I understand things correctly, the next step is to raise the minimum pressure to see if I can prevent these incidents from happening. I am wondering, though, if this issue has to do with me turning and sleeping on my back, if raising the minimum would make a difference.
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If your cluster can be attributed to sleeping on your back, then you may want to take actions to prevent all back sleeping - then you can continue to use a pressure of 9.AMK wrote:To update my experience, turning off the "for her" and letting the machine go to a pressure of 20 hasn't been much of an improvement in terms of avoiding strings of apneas. This was last night:
https://gyazo.com/bcf68a93410bb3a8f5e8cc91a9c946b8
As you can see, within about a half hour the machine goes from just under 9 (I have pressure set from 7.6-20) to almost 19, with me waking up at that point. When the pressure goes that high and I wake up, it seems like the machine is trying to force me to continue breathing at a steady rate in a way that alarms me, and of course when the pressure is that high I can barely exhale even with EPR, so I turn the machine off and "start over," and then have trouble getting back to sleep.
If I understand things correctly, the next step is to raise the minimum pressure to see if I can prevent these incidents from happening. I am wondering, though, if this issue has to do with me turning and sleeping on my back, if raising the minimum would make a difference.
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How do you know that it starts at 0 and only goes to 4 cm??? How long does it take?lindsayschach wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:59 amHow do I do the “factory reset thing?”
I have a Resmed Airsense 10. Instead of staying at a pressure of 10, it starts at 0 and only goes up to 4, then stops.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Lindsay
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The reason it goes to 4 cm and seems to stay there is because you have the ramp feature turned on and ramp starts at 4 cm and will take 20 minutes to get to 10 cm. Do you need the ramp?lindsayschach wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:11 amIt’s an airsense 10 autoset.
I watch the screen and it shows the pressure as it ramps up.
Min pressure 10, max is 18. 20 minute ramp.
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You can see the pressure during the night by using available software.lindsayschach wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:19 pmI ser the ramp for 10 and it goes up to 10 and hangs out there. Is there a way to tell what the pressure is while it’s in treatment mode?
Thanks so much! I guess I did panic.
Lindsay
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