101st Night - AHI 0.0

BadBreath · Post by **BadBreath** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:50 pm

I just had my 101st night on Apap with 100% compliance and my first AHI of 0.0!

I did it using my newest favorite mask, NAII prongs on Bravo tubes mounted in ball cap headgear.

101 day averages:

AHI = 3.1
OAI = 2.6
HI = .5
Time in Apnea = 6.6 minutes

I have gradually moved my settings from the doctor's prescribed 8/20 to 8/13. The auto wants to go lower than 8 on exhalations, but that generates more hypopneas, so 8 it stays. The auto on inhalations never went above 14 and the lower I set it the less pressure it needs to deal with apneas, often with maximum Ipap's of 12 and 90%'s of 11/8. The narrower range allows faster response by the auto and therefore AHI's consistently below 1.5.

My backup masks are the Opus ball cap mod and the ComfortLite2 ball cap mod with nasal pillows.

Thanks to all of my new friends on this forum. It is not an overstatement that I couldn't have had this success without you. You are truly helping to save lives.

KAZ · Post by **KAZ** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:08 pm

Congrats BadBreath! Nice numbers that you have worked to achieve. Regards

RosemaryB-guested · Post by **RosemaryB-guested** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:42 pm

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

And may you have many more .

Cool Lab Ratting, too!!!

j.a.taylor · Post by **j.a.taylor** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:25 pm

Congrats BB!

You certainly deserve a smiley

O.K. a few of them

Sleepdeprived · Post by **Sleepdeprived** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:32 pm

[quote="BadBreath"]I just had my 101st night on Apap with 100% compliance and my first AHI of 0.0!

I did it using my newest favorite mask, NAII prongs on Bravo tubes mounted in ball cap headgear.

101 day averages:

AHI = 3.1
OAI = 2.6
HI = .5
Time in Apnea = 6.6 minutes

I have gradually moved my settings from the doctor's prescribed 8/20 to 8/13. The auto wants to go lower than 8 on exhalations, but that generates more hypopneas, so 8 it stays. The auto on inhalations never went above 14 and the lower I set it the less pressure it needs to deal with apneas, often with maximum Ipap's of 12 and 90%'s of 11/8. The narrower range allows faster response by the auto and therefore AHI's consistently below 1.5.

My backup masks are the Opus ball cap mod and the ComfortLite2 ball cap mod with nasal pillows.

Thanks to all of my new friends on this forum. It is not an overstatement that I couldn't have had this success without you. You are truly helping to save lives.

Organplayer · Post by **Organplayer** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:33 pm

You are definitely working the program. Congrats man.

Kevin

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101st Night - AHI 0.0

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