NIPPY ST

Janelle · Post by **Janelle** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:10 pm

Someone on another thread said they were having no results with CPAP therapy and after another study was discovered they had Central Apneas (possibly mixed apneas) and were put on a NIPPY ST instead of the CPAP although it was similiar to a CPAP.

Anyone know what this is????

glassgal · Post by **glassgal** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:31 pm

Hi Janelle,

I googled Nippy ST BiPAP and it is a ventilator, from the UK I believe. I was curious too!

Sleep well,

Jane

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:56 am

If it has the ST suffix then it has both synchronous and timed modes. So it sounds as if a BiLevel with ST capabilities was prescribed to treat this case of central apneas. By technical definition a BiLevel ST is a ventilator, by the way. Wonder if NIPPY is an acronym?

Non Invasive Positive Pressure.... ?

Any guesses for the "Y"? Yentilator, which is Ventilator with a little extra ascender thrown on that first letter for good measure...

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:10 am

-SWS wrote:
Any guesses for the "Y"? Yentilator, which is Ventilator with a little extra ascender thrown on that first letter for good measure...

Maybe it's meant for young Jewish women. Barbra Streisand is the spokesperson.

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:23 am

wading thru the muck! wrote:Maybe it's meant for young Jewish women. Barbra Streisand is the spokesperson.

I used to love watching that movie of hers while eating Yentil Bean soup!

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:17 am

-SWS wrote:If it has the ST suffix then it has both synchronous and timed modes.

I should also add that "synchronized mode" is also (or perhaps even primarily) termed "spontaneous mode". In this mode the BiLevel machine's triggering mechanism synchronizes purely with patient-initiated breathing (as opposed to relying on a pre-set timed interval as with timed mode). Most BiLevels that offer both timed and spontaneous/synchronous modes also offer a third hybrid mode called "backup mode". In "backup mode" the machine's triggering mechanism attempts to synchronize primarily with patient-initiated breathing. However, when/if a spontaneous breath does not occur, timed mode kicks in as a backup method of initiating that next breath. A preset "backup rate" or timing interval is thus employed only as a fallback triggering method in this hybrid mode.