How often should one get a titration study?

Hi guys!

I had my cpap machine titrated for the first time. I was titrated at a pressure setting of 11 cm. How often do I have to get the cpap titrated?

Please let me know.

Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by having the machine titrated. YOU will be titrated in studies to see what pressure you need to set the machine at, but you're the one tested, not the machine. Or am I missing a specific instance of your having purposely had your machine tested for accuracy? If that's the case, I assume there was something wrong with it to begin with, but having fixed it (presumably) I wouldn't worry unless something else goes wrong - which is really quite rare for most decent ones until they start acting up from old age and that takes years.

If you mean how often you need a new sleep study, I'll say that most of us have machines that allow transfer of overnight data to specific 'smart cards' which stay in the machines until you put them in specific card readers attached to your computer, then (having had the right software installed on your computer) you can look at your progress daily, check leak rates, AHI, flow rates, a whole lot of things and together with whether or not you're feeling pretty good, you know things are ok (or not). If they are, then there's no need for new studies (haven't had one since I started 6 yrs ago), but if they're not, you can either come here to the forum and get input, help and advice from some real experts, or go back to your sleep doctor and talk to him/her. A new study is not needed if you follow your own progress, not unless it's ordered after things go wrong and suggested fixes don't work.

Thank you for your response Julie,

I meant how often should one get an overnight titration study to ensure their cpap is at the optimal pressure setting to eliminate apneas/hypopneas. I live in Southern California and had my sleep study and titration study done in Northern California at the wonderful Stanford Sleep Disorders clinic. I previously had 2 studies done locally but they did not show any OSA! I read on the internet that one should get a titration study annually but I wonder if that's a way for the clinics to make money. I will ask my sleep doctor about this.

If you have a machine that collects full data, and the software to read it, and the ability to monitor your own progress, NEVER, that is unless you still have sleep issues. If you would fill in your equiptment profile in TEXT, not ICONNY, others can better help you, with better answers. Jim

There is a slight chance the OP might have been asking about the need to get the CPAP machine calibrated.
A test to make sure the machine is delivering her correct titrated pressure of 11cm.

I never heard of it though.

I actually did have my cpap machine tested to see if it was still holding my set pressure of 10 cm properly.

I had been for another sleep study (retitration actually) after almost 6 years on cpap. I had been feeling more fatigued than before and wanted to be sure nothing else was happening as far as my sleep was concerned.

When the retitration showed no real change, I had the machine checked to see if it was holding it's pressure. It was doing fine. It was a straight cpap machine (no bells and whistles) that I got when I was first diagnosed in 2002.

I have since bought new autos online and find that I do better with a narrow pressure range but, yes I had my machine checked to see if it was still holding the pressure at which it was set.