Amara View: Full-Face or ...?

[QueSera]

CPAP Therapy is a continuously evolving game for me. Anything that works doesn't seem to work for long.

I'm trying the Amara View again, which I gave up because I couldn't stop the noisy leaks. I've lost a bit of weight, so I tried refitting it this morning, with a newly-cut liner from lightweight fleece I had on hand. All went well, so I ran the mask fit on my ResMed AirSense 10, after changing the mask setting to full-face.

Not good. I felt no leaks and heard none, but I got the big red frowny face. I changed the setting back to pillows and ran mask fit with my beloved Dreamwear, and it came up smiley (even though my Sleepyhead report shows large leaks every day.) I kept the setting on pillows and ran mask fit with the Amara View again, and voila: smiley face.

If I use it this way - Amara View with machine set to pillows - will my results be somehow less reliable? I do get some weird results - I’m having another sleep study next weekend - but this is something I should be able to work out on my own, with your help.

Thanks.

[Mark55]

I think all the mask/pillows choice does is use a different figure for the 'calculated' leak rate of the delivery system you are using. I could very well be wrong though.

[Hopeful50]

I think I remember Pugsy telling us that you don't get the frowny face until you're in large leak territory for 30% of the time, so it's a fairly useless guideline.

Much better to set your machine for the mask you're actually using, install Sleepyhead software, and check your data there.

Good luck!

[Goofproof]

Cheating your mask settings doesn't help you it just masks the results. Jim