New Titration Results-Nov 08

I'd appreciate any insights you may have regarding my latest sleep study:

Thanks in advance to all who reply:

Most important parts:

13 awakenings

Sleep latency to N1-3.5 minutes (used ambien)
Sleep latency to N2-19.0 minutes
Sleep latency to N3 (SWS)-39.0 minutes
Stage R Latency from Sleep Onset: 80.5 minutes

Minutes N1-51.5
N2-223.0
N3-4.0 (almost no N3 sleep-even though I had mask on)

% of test N1-15.5% % of Sleep Period-11.5%
% of test N2-67.3% % of sleep period-50.0%
% of test N3-1.2% % of sleep period-0.9%
% of test R(Rem)-16.0% % of sleep period-11.9%

Summary Graph: (OF GREAT INTEREST TO ME)

The Central showed two lines at the beginning of my sleep period and no other centrals throughout the night. I've been having trouble falling asleep since last March, I haven't been breathing at sleep onset and have been waking up. Only Ambien has gotten me to fall asleep.

The two lines were under 30 seconds, first line of graph showed a central of around 15 seconds, second line of perhaps 20-25 seconds............I was first told that I had sleep apnea in July 07 (wasn't aware of any trouble before then) by a woman I slept with as she noted that I had been gasping, choking, not breathing at sleep onset. She was medically trained, she said i had the signs of sleep apnea.....

Obstructive showed up right at same time as centrals, there were three lines close to same period as centrals, each under 30 seconds but between 15 and 25 seconds, followed quickly by four more lines, two of which lasted just over 30 seconds and then three more lines, each under 30 seconds...............................There was only one large cluster of obstructive events, these were about two hours later (between 1 to 2 AM) followed by one solitary line between 4 and 5 AM and a three line cluster between 5 and 6 AM.........

Two Hypopneas around 11:30 PM, both of which were inbetween the Obstructive cluster of that time, then a large cluster of Hypopneas between 1 and 2 AM, these began during the latter part of the Obstructive events of that time and these Hypopneas kept going after the Obstructives ended. Then another cluster of Hypopneas between 4 and 5 AM (the single Obstructive event was in between the occurance of the Hypopneas, it started as a cluster of Hypopneas, the Hypopneas ended then I had the one Obstructive event followed by one Hypopnea event and then the chart shows two single Hyponeas between 5 and 6 AM, first Hypopnea taking place just before the single obstructive event.

Pressure originally was at 6, it went up to 8, went over 10 (to around 11) during 1-2 AM events, stayed around 13 till around 3:30 AM (was woken around that time, in fact I did stay awake at one period around then for over an hour, used ambien to get back to sleep). Pressure dipped at 3:30 AM to around 6 went back up to 12 , showed dips between back to 6 and back up to chart to 12 or 14? during period between 4:30 and 5:30 but I had been awake between 4:30 to after 5 AM.........Chart shows I went back to N2 after 5AM and that pressure stayed steady around 12 or 14 during this period (I was being titrated while on my back at that time).

No Mixed events, no Autonomic events.........Sp02% (oxygen?) was mostly just under 100 but with a few dips to under 90% until the 1-2 AM period where there was a large cluster of lines dropping to low 90's or right at 90% and a good sized number of lines falling under the 90% level. After that, lines stayed in the mid 90's but with several dips under 90 during the latter Hypopnea events between 4 and 5 AM.

21 LM Arousals
38 Respiratory Arousals
28 Spontaneous Arousals
4 RERA

Longest Obstructive Apnea-42.6 seconds
Mean-27.1 seconds
31 Obstructive-A or H/h-5.6
Longest Central-23.0
Mean-19.3
2 Central-A or H/h-0.4
Longest Hypopnea-48.9
Mean-32.2
34 Hypopneas-A or H/h-6.2

All were supine.

Normal Breath-Total 3046 Supine 1469 Non Supine 1577
Breath with flow limitation-874 Supine 681 Non Supine 193
No snore-Total 869 Supine 676 Non supine 193
Snore-Total 5 Supine 5

RMI
Events
Supine 91 Duration 40.6 minutes RMI Index 28.2
Prone 0
Left 3 Duration 0.4 minutes RMI Index 4.0
Right 6 Duration 0.7 RMI Index 3.9

CPAP Statistics (I was tested on an Xpap)
Pressure Duration TST CA OA MA Hyp AHI Desat Lowest Oxygen
4 3.4 2.0 2 1 - - 90.0 - 95.0
6 8.4 5.9 - 6 - - 61.1 1 90.0
8 136.2 99.7 - 6 - 2 4.8 1 94.0
10 15.7 10.2 - 6 - 5 64.8 4 83.0
12 17.9 14.9 - - - 5 52.3 10 86.0
14 132.2 111.9 - - - 11 5.9 5 88.0
16/12.0 50.5 32.6 - 3 - 10 23.9 3 92.0
18/14.0 82.0 54.3 - 1 - 1 2.2 1 91.0

I'd appreciate any insights you may have regarding my latest sleep study:

Thanks in advance to all who reply:

Most important parts:

13 awakenings

Sleep latency to N1-3.5 minutes (used ambien)
Sleep latency to N2-19.0 minutes
Sleep latency to N3 (SWS)-39.0 minutes
Stage R Latency from Sleep Onset: 80.5 minutes

Minutes N1-51.5
N2-223.0
N3-4.0 (almost no N3 sleep-even though I had mask on)

% of test N1-15.5% % of Sleep Period-11.5%
% of test N2-67.3% % of sleep period-50.0%
% of test N3-1.2% % of sleep period-0.9%
% of test R(Rem)-16.0% % of sleep period-11.9%

Summary Graph: (OF GREAT INTEREST TO ME)

The Central showed two lines at the beginning of my sleep period and no other centrals throughout the night. I've been having trouble falling asleep since last March, I haven't been breathing at sleep onset and have been waking up. Only Ambien has gotten me to fall asleep.

The two lines were under 30 seconds, first line of graph showed a central of around 15 seconds, second line of perhaps 20-25 seconds............I was first told that I had sleep apnea in July 07 (wasn't aware of any trouble before then) by a woman I slept with as she noted that I had been gasping, choking, not breathing at sleep onset. She was medically trained, she said i had the signs of sleep apnea.....

Obstructive showed up right at same time as centrals, there were three lines close to same period as centrals, each under 30 seconds but between 15 and 25 seconds, followed quickly by four more lines, two of which lasted just over 30 seconds and then three more lines, each under 30 seconds...............................There was only one large cluster of obstructive events, these were about two hours later (between 1 to 2 AM) followed by one solitary line between 4 and 5 AM and a three line cluster between 5 and 6 AM.........

Two Hypopneas around 11:30 PM, both of which were inbetween the Obstructive cluster of that time, then a large cluster of Hypopneas between 1 and 2 AM, these began during the latter part of the Obstructive events of that time and these Hypopneas kept going after the Obstructives ended. Then another cluster of Hypopneas between 4 and 5 AM (the single Obstructive event was in between the occurance of the Hypopneas, it started as a cluster of Hypopneas, the Hypopneas ended then I had the one Obstructive event followed by one Hypopnea event and then the chart shows two single Hyponeas between 5 and 6 AM, first Hypopnea taking place just before the single obstructive event.

Pressure originally was at 6, it went up to 8, went over 10 (to around 11) during 1-2 AM events, stayed around 13 till around 3:30 AM (was woken around that time, in fact I did stay awake at one period around then for over an hour, used ambien to get back to sleep). Pressure dipped at 3:30 AM to around 6 went back up to 12 , showed dips between back to 6 and back up to chart to 12 or 14? during period between 4:30 and 5:30 but I had been awake between 4:30 to after 5 AM.........Chart shows I went back to N2 after 5AM and that pressure stayed steady around 12 or 14 during this period (I was being titrated while on my back at that time).

No Mixed events, no Autonomic events.........Sp02% (oxygen?) was mostly just under 100 but with a few dips to under 90% until the 1-2 AM period where there was a large cluster of lines dropping to low 90's or right at 90% and a good sized number of lines falling under the 90% level. After that, lines stayed in the mid 90's but with several dips under 90 during the latter Hypopnea events between 4 and 5 AM.

21 LM Arousals
38 Respiratory Arousals
28 Spontaneous Arousals
4 RERA

Longest Obstructive Apnea-42.6 seconds
Mean-27.1 seconds
31 Obstructive-A or H/h-5.6
Longest Central-23.0
Mean-19.3
2 Central-A or H/h-0.4
Longest Hypopnea-48.9
Mean-32.2
34 Hypopneas-A or H/h-6.2

All were supine.

Normal Breath-Total 3046 Supine 1469 Non Supine 1577
Breath with flow limitation-874 Supine 681 Non Supine 193
No snore-Total 869 Supine 676 Non supine 193
Snore-Total 5 Supine 5

RMI
Events
Supine 91 Duration 40.6 minutes RMI Index 28.2
Prone 0
Left 3 Duration 0.4 minutes RMI Index 4.0
Right 6 Duration 0.7 RMI Index 3.9

CPAP Statistics (I was tested on an Xpap)
Pressure Duration TST CA OA MA Hyp AHI Desat Lowest Oxygen
4 3.4 2.0 2 1 - - 90.0 - 95.0
6 8.4 5.9 - 6 - - 61.1 1 90.0
8 136.2 99.7 - 6 - 2 4.8 1 94.0
10 15.7 10.2 - 6 - 5 64.8 4 83.0
12 17.9 14.9 - - - 5 52.3 10 86.0
14 132.2 111.9 - - - 11 5.9 5 88.0
16/12.0 50.5 32.6 - 3 - 10 23.9 3 92.0
18/14.0 82.0 54.3 - 1 - 1 2.2 1 91.0

I'd appreciate any insights you may have regarding my latest sleep study:

Thanks in advance to all who reply:

Most important parts:

13 awakenings

Sleep latency to N1-3.5 minutes (used ambien)
Sleep latency to N2-19.0 minutes
Sleep latency to N3 (SWS)-39.0 minutes
Stage R Latency from Sleep Onset: 80.5 minutes

Minutes N1-51.5
N2-223.0
N3-4.0 (almost no N3 sleep-even though I had mask on)

% of test N1-15.5% % of Sleep Period-11.5%
% of test N2-67.3% % of sleep period-50.0%
% of test N3-1.2% % of sleep period-0.9%
% of test R(Rem)-16.0% % of sleep period-11.9%

Summary Graph: (OF GREAT INTEREST TO ME)

The Central showed two lines at the beginning of my sleep period and no other centrals throughout the night. I've been having trouble falling asleep since last March, I haven't been breathing at sleep onset and have been waking up. Only Ambien has gotten me to fall asleep.

The two lines were under 30 seconds, first line of graph showed a central of around 15 seconds, second line of perhaps 20-25 seconds............I was first told that I had sleep apnea in July 07 (wasn't aware of any trouble before then) by a woman I slept with as she noted that I had been gasping, choking, not breathing at sleep onset. She was medically trained, she said i had the signs of sleep apnea.....

Obstructive showed up right at same time as centrals, there were three lines close to same period as centrals, each under 30 seconds but between 15 and 25 seconds, followed quickly by four more lines, two of which lasted just over 30 seconds and then three more lines, each under 30 seconds...............................There was only one large cluster of obstructive events, these were about two hours later (between 1 to 2 AM) followed by one solitary line between 4 and 5 AM and a three line cluster between 5 and 6 AM.........

Two Hypopneas around 11:30 PM, both of which were inbetween the Obstructive cluster of that time, then a large cluster of Hypopneas between 1 and 2 AM, these began during the latter part of the Obstructive events of that time and these Hypopneas kept going after the Obstructives ended. Then another cluster of Hypopneas between 4 and 5 AM (the single Obstructive event was in between the occurance of the Hypopneas, it started as a cluster of Hypopneas, the Hypopneas ended then I had the one Obstructive event followed by one Hypopnea event and then the chart shows two single Hyponeas between 5 and 6 AM, first Hypopnea taking place just before the single obstructive event.

Pressure originally was at 6, it went up to 8, went over 10 (to around 11) during 1-2 AM events, stayed around 13 till around 3:30 AM (was woken around that time, in fact I did stay awake at one period around then for over an hour, used ambien to get back to sleep). Pressure dipped at 3:30 AM to around 6 went back up to 12 , showed dips between back to 6 and back up to chart to 12 or 14? during period between 4:30 and 5:30 but I had been awake between 4:30 to after 5 AM.........Chart shows I went back to N2 after 5AM and that pressure stayed steady around 12 or 14 during this period (I was being titrated while on my back at that time).

No Mixed events, no Autonomic events.........Sp02% (oxygen?) was mostly just under 100 but with a few dips to under 90% until the 1-2 AM period where there was a large cluster of lines dropping to low 90's or right at 90% and a good sized number of lines falling under the 90% level. After that, lines stayed in the mid 90's but with several dips under 90 during the latter Hypopnea events between 4 and 5 AM.

21 LM Arousals
38 Respiratory Arousals
28 Spontaneous Arousals
4 RERA

Longest Obstructive Apnea-42.6 seconds
Mean-27.1 seconds
31 Obstructive-A or H/h-5.6
Longest Central-23.0
Mean-19.3
2 Central-A or H/h-0.4
Longest Hypopnea-48.9
Mean-32.2
34 Hypopneas-A or H/h-6.2

All were supine.

Normal Breath-Total 3046 Supine 1469 Non Supine 1577
Breath with flow limitation-874 Supine 681 Non Supine 193
No snore-Total 869 Supine 676 Non supine 193
Snore-Total 5 Supine 5

RMI
Events
Supine 91 Duration 40.6 minutes RMI Index 28.2
Prone 0
Left 3 Duration 0.4 minutes RMI Index 4.0
Right 6 Duration 0.7 RMI Index 3.9

CPAP Statistics (I was tested on an Xpap)
Pressure Duration TST CA OA MA Hyp AHI Desat Lowest Oxygen
4 3.4 2.0 2 1 - - 90.0 - 95.0
6 8.4 5.9 - 6 - - 61.1 1 90.0
8 136.2 99.7 - 6 - 2 4.8 1 94.0
10 15.7 10.2 - 6 - 5 64.8 4 83.0
12 17.9 14.9 - - - 5 52.3 10 86.0
14 132.2 111.9 - - - 11 5.9 5 88.0
16/12.0 50.5 32.6 - 3 - 10 23.9 3 92.0
18/14.0 82.0 54.3 - 1 - 1 2.2 1 91.0

(Cheerfully she said) not a clue, sorry ! Just noticed no one has replied, so giving you a bump back up the queue.

I thought someone had replied and given me some information.............

But thank you anyway.

Riv,

1. What pressure settings were prescribed?
2. Do you have a card reader and Encore Pro software?
3. If no to #2, do you know how to record the statistics from the machine display and clear the data every day?

18/14 was prescribed.

I have a Smartcard but no software and the 7/30 day Respironics LCD summary is very unreliable IMO.

Riv wrote:18/14 was prescribed.

I have a Smartcard but no software and the 7/30 day Respironics LCD summary is very unreliable IMO.

I suggest, until you can get the software and card reader, record the night's data in a spreadsheet every day and clear the data from the screen. I found the daily data will then be accurate. You will not of course get any averages but as you mentioned they are not accurate anyway.

rooster wrote:and clear the data from the screen

How to reset the M series machine "weekly"/"monthly" details back to zero, in order to view just last night's results the next day:

viewtopic.php?p=239127#239127

viewtopic/t29141/Resetting-the-data-on-Respironics.html

Actually no, I'd like to but I'll need to keep the ongoing information in order to show compliance to my insurance company, but thanks for the information and I'll use it once I purchase my BiPap outright.