seconds in apnea

How bad is it when the apneas sometimes are as high as 44 46 in the same nite of say 7-8 hours? But only an ahi of say 2.6-3.1

Sherry

Try holding your breath for 44/46 seconds. Should answer your own question. Most of mine are 12/15 seconds. At 44 seconds I would think your blood oxygen desat might go a bit low. That is why many of us invest in a recording pulse oxymeter and use it on a regular basis.

Jerry

Sherry, I presume that you are looking at ResScan to find the duration of the Apneas to hit around 44 to 46 seconds? If the answer is yes and you're on the S9 when the apneas are occuring, this is too long an apnea and it would mean that your machine isn't setup correctly to deal with your apneas.

If you're not on a machine then having a machine will certainly help and reduce this. As Jerry also mentioned, my apneas are usually around 12 seconds when on the machine, off a machine there around 15 seconds, you shouldn't be having any apneas that last that long.

The other thing would be to find out whether your apneas are due to the airway being blocked or whether they are centrals which could be induced by higher pressure in some people.

You mention in your signature that you are in auto mode and you're using ResScan, if you open ResScan, what does the pressure go up to when you're in these apneas? Say for sake of argument that the pressure goes up to 12 to compensate then I would increase your baseline pressure (min) to say 10 or 11). You want a smaller gap as possible between what your baseline (min) pressure is to what you need to try and quickly reduce the apnea (or stop it altogether).

Thanks
Dave