so how did the HI give you an idea that they were central apneas? in central you would fully stop breathing. .just not caused by an obstruction. so, wouldnt show up as an hypopnea? that is why i am trying to figure how you know you get centrals at 15?
Wont Cpap always do better?
True, you caught me, I refurred to it as central, the machines don't measure centrals. I probably should have said, breathing stoppages that exceeded times that weren't necessary. The main thing I keep track of are length of time spent in Apnea, and the avg diration of the apnea events. (Time spent without air.) OHI, I can control with pressure. Hi, I try to control by not getting the pressure too high. I guess for Centrals you need a jumpstarter. The jumpstarter they gave me is to jumpstart other things. Jimneillebo wrote:so how did the HI give you an idea that they were central apneas? in central you would fully stop breathing. .just not caused by an obstruction. so, wouldnt show up as an hypopnea? that is why i am trying to figure how you know you get centrals at 15?
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“Won’t CPAP always do better?”
NO. Not always. Not for me anyway.
I was titrated at 13 cm. I started out with a CPAP at 13cm. With this pressure, my AHI was reduced to 7.5 according to the sleep lab. Also, my sleep was interrupted by the pressure, and by the disgusting noises the mask made on my face when it would leak like crazy from the pressure.
I got an APAP and software. After some experimenting, I’ve settled on a range of 10- to14cm. Much more comfortable. I spend about 70% of my time at 10cm. I almost never hit 13cm. My AHI is typically about 2.5 to 3.0.
If your AHI isn’t at least as good with an APAP, you probably have the lower pressure set too low. Or you are one of the (few?) people for whom CPAP does work better.
I can’t see myself ever going back to constant-pressure CPAP.
I have a program which explains in great detail the Respironics algorithm and how it works. Among other things, it explains how the Respironics APAP anticipates an event and responds to prevent events. Sorry, I don’t have the link where I downloaded it. I think I found the link posted here at cpaptalk.com, and I’m sure it was somewhere on the Respironics web site.
Wayne
NO. Not always. Not for me anyway.
I was titrated at 13 cm. I started out with a CPAP at 13cm. With this pressure, my AHI was reduced to 7.5 according to the sleep lab. Also, my sleep was interrupted by the pressure, and by the disgusting noises the mask made on my face when it would leak like crazy from the pressure.
I got an APAP and software. After some experimenting, I’ve settled on a range of 10- to14cm. Much more comfortable. I spend about 70% of my time at 10cm. I almost never hit 13cm. My AHI is typically about 2.5 to 3.0.
If your AHI isn’t at least as good with an APAP, you probably have the lower pressure set too low. Or you are one of the (few?) people for whom CPAP does work better.
I can’t see myself ever going back to constant-pressure CPAP.
I have a program which explains in great detail the Respironics algorithm and how it works. Among other things, it explains how the Respironics APAP anticipates an event and responds to prevent events. Sorry, I don’t have the link where I downloaded it. I think I found the link posted here at cpaptalk.com, and I’m sure it was somewhere on the Respironics web site.
Wayne
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