Never surpass minimum pressure (IntelliPAP)

[deanpence]

@Emilia: Cool. Thanks for the suggestion. It does make sense to push up my minimum pressure. Can you explain why I should lower my maximum pressure? Since my 90th/95th percentile is ~ 11.0, is it to prevent the machine from keeping my pressure significantly above where it usually is (below 11)?

[NightMonkey]

@Emilia: Cool. Thanks for the suggestion. It does make sense to push up my minimum pressure. Can you explain why I should lower my maximum pressure? Since my 90th/95th percentile is ~ 11.0, is it to prevent the machine from keeping my pressure significantly above where it usually is (below 11)?

That is a good question. It is commonly taught on this forum to keep the upper pressure near the minimum pressure. But I prefer to leave the upper pressure at the max (20 cm). My min pressure is 10 and the machine rarely goes above 12. If for some unusual reason the higher pressure would be needed, the machine will eventually get there or the higher pressure will wake me up. That is what I would want the machine to do.

[Emilia]

The general consensus around here is to take the 90/95th%tile and set the range to 2 notches below and 2 above that number. Leaving it wide open at the top end could possibly cause central apneas to occur.

Tighten it up and see what happens.... if you consistently hit the upper number I suggested, you could move the top number up a bit at a time.