Time in Apnea

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Time in Apnea

Post by MarkBr2 » Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:14 am

In the Oscar program it shows 'Time Time in Apena' . Should a [person be concerned about the amount of time and what amount would be considered a problem.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by Dog Slobber » Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:32 am

Time in Apnea is not a useful stat, I wouldn't be concerned about it at all.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by ChicagoGranny » Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:59 pm

MarkBr2 wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:14 am
In the Oscar program it shows 'Time Time in Apena' . Should a [person be concerned about the amount of time and what amount would be considered a problem.

Thanks in advance
I ignore it. It's more useful to click on the Events tab and look at the length of individual events.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by Pugsy » Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:24 pm

Just how much "time in apnea" are we talking about here?

10 minutes or 2 hours or half the night...big difference on whether we ignore or worry depending on just how much time we are talking about.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by ozij » Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:10 pm

The problem with "time in apnea" is that it doesn't take into account the number of hours you sleep, nor the number of events you have.
And you have to know whether the reported "total time in apnea" refers to apnea's alone, or count time in hypopnea as well...
Lets assume it's only apneas.
If you sleep longer, you total time in apnea, for the same AHI, will be longer. Does that mean you should aim to lower that total by sleeping less? Of course not.

If you want to know if your average apnea is long or short, you have to divide the total time in apnea by the total number of apneas.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by ChicagoGranny » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:38 am

Am I the only member that occasionally clicks on the Events tab? I find it useful in helping to confirm the quality of breathing. No other member ever mentions the Events tab.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by Pugsy » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:45 am

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:38 am
Am I the only member that occasionally clicks on the Events tab? I find it useful in helping to confirm the quality of breathing. No other member ever mentions the Events tab.
You aren't alone. On a rare occasion I have been known to look at the Events tab.
Pretty boring results to look at though unless it happened to be a "bad" night for me in terms of sleep quality.
Probably at least 80% of any of my flagged events are SWJ.
So mainly I look at the flow rate zoomed in and then maybe look at the events tab results.

Though neither gets much activity. The last time I downloaded it had been 5 weeks since the last download.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by robysue1 » Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:56 am

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:38 am
Am I the only member that occasionally clicks on the Events tab? I find it useful in helping to confirm the quality of breathing. No other member ever mentions the Events tab.
These days I'm feeling good enough where I (*gasp*) don't even always look at the machine's LCD in the morning, let alone download the data into Oscar.

But---when I do take the time to analyze a particular night's data (for whatever reason, including mere curiosity), I do tend to click on the Events tab. Clicking on an individual event is an easy way zoom in on individual events that might be of interest for one reason or another.
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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by ChicagoGranny » Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:39 am

Pugsy wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:45 am
So mainly I look at the flow rate zoomed in and then maybe look at the events tab results.
I reverse the order because of laziness. If I look at the Events tab first, I can click on individual events, and then, the graph will do the work of zooming in.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by ozij » Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:54 am

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:38 am
Am I the only member that occasionally clicks on the Events tab? I find it useful in helping to confirm the quality of breathing. No other member ever mentions the Events tab.
I too look at my events tab when I want to know what's going on...especially when things look unexpected.

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by ozij » Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:57 am

robysue1 wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:56 am
Clicking on an individual event is an easy way zoom in on individual events that might be of interest for one reason or another.
ChicagoGranny wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:39 am
I reverse the order because of laziness. If I look at the Events tab first, I can click on individual events, and then, the graph will do the work of zooming in.
And that is one of its best features!

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Re: Time in Apnea

Post by MarkBr2 » Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:45 pm

Thank you for all your advice on this topic. I have found the events recap to be good information when looking at the graphs in each area.