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Re: Recommendations on recording oximeters?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:45 am
by Too tall
I'm just responding to the post for a recommendation, I'm not interested in convincing anyone whether they need one or not. That's going to b e a decision only you can make.
Re: Recommendations on recording oximeters?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:48 am
by Hang Fire
Too tall wrote:I'm just responding to the post for a recommendation, I'm not interested in convincing anyone whether they need one or not. That's going to b e a decision only you can make.
As I suspected. Your money, effort and time were wasted on the oximeter. It has been useless to your therapy.
Re: Recommendations on recording oximeters?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:08 am
by Too tall
Hang Fire wrote:Too tall wrote:I'm just responding to the post for a recommendation, I'm not interested in convincing anyone whether they need one or not. That's going to b e a decision only you can make.
As I suspected. Your money, effort and time were wasted on the oximeter. It has been useless to your therapy.
What? You must have a miserable life to be such a hater. What a hateful comment. You don't know anything about me or my therapy or what I want to spend my money on.
Re: Recommendations on recording oximeters?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:57 pm
by klv329
I use the contec cms50fw, ver. 3.8W. It appears to have a wireless function to it, although I ordered the non-wireless. For sleepy head to upload the data the wireless function needs to be turned off in the menu. I agree with the pros and cons listed above. I think it was $120. I used it to determine an epap level that kept oxygen above 90.
Re: Recommendations on recording oximeters?
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:34 pm
by HoseCrusher
The pulse oximeter gives you 2 channels of information. You can measure oxygen levels as well as heart rate.
Everyone focuses on oxygen levels and forgets that even without a significant desaturation you can still register pulse events during sleep disorders. The learning curve on pulse rate events is higher than simply looking at an oxygen desaturation below 90%, but heart rate monitoring can be a valuable tool to use.
If you are picking up a pulse oximeter just to check your oxygen levels, fine. But understand that you are missing out on a lot of valuable information from your heart.
Re: Recommendations on recording oximeters?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:54 am
by Too tall
I also use mine when I do my 4 mile walk every other day. It picked up on an arrhythmia that i didn't know I had. Turns out it was some medication that I was taking that was causing sinus arrhythmia which is not an issue but it was interesting when I ran the foxpro report.
I had a catherer ablation for AFIB and now that it's fixed I monitor my heart fairly often. It's those folks that go with AFIB undetected who end up with a stroke. BTW, AFIB and sleep apnea are closely related. It's not just about getting a good night's sleep.
It's a valuable tool if you are one of those people that take your health into your own hands. I don't take everything my doctor says as bible, and they like that and are appreciative of any information you can bring them to diagnose heart related issues.
Whether you want or need one is your choice however. For me, it a great tool, for people like Hang Free, it's a waste of time and money. If you have to ask if you need one, you probably shouldn't waste your time as you won't know what to do with the information.