what do the numbers mean ?

lzrgroup · Post by **lzrgroup** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:15 am

summary
max titrated pressure 18.7
avg device ipap 90% time 13.0
max titrated epap pressure 15.7
avg device epap pressure 90% 10.6
avg time in apnea per day 13 sec
avg time in large leak 25.6 sec

one day
90% ipap 14.8
90% epap 12.2
nr 0.0
fl 2.0
h 0.8
s 11.5
ahi 1.1

what do you think, please let me know, thanks

CollegeGirl · Post by **CollegeGirl** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:08 pm

Your numbers look relatively good.

Here's what they mean:

90% ipap 14.8: This means you spent 90% of the night getting a pressure of 14.8 OR LOWER when you were inhaling
90% epap 12.2: This means you spent 90% of the night getting a pressure of 12.3 OR LOWER when you were exhaling
nr 0.0: You had 0 non-responsive apneas.
fl 2.0: Your flow limitation index was 2.0 (this is good)
h 0.8: Your hypopnea index was .8 (also good)
s 11.5: Your snore index was 11.5 (I'm not positive, but believe this is also good)
ahi 1.1: Your apnea/hypopnea index (which takes both into account) was 1.1. Anything under 5.0 is considered good.

All in all, I'd say those are excellent numbers. Congrats!

lzrgroup · Post by **lzrgroup** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:03 pm

would you agree he has sleep apnes too ?

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:13 am

Those are results with treatment - excellent treatment according to the results.

If you have doubts about the diagnosis, you should ask us about the breathing disruption numbers (Apnea, Hypopneas, etc.) before the machine was tried.

O.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:25 am

CAN I SET THE MACHINE TO JUST MONITOR ?

CollegeGirl · Post by **CollegeGirl** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:10 am

You can put the machine into split-night mode. That will provide 4 cms of air half the night, and then auto-adjust pressure ("titrate") the rest of the night. 4 cms is not very much at all, and would not be enough to prevent apneas in the majority of people.

AFAIK, that's the closest you can get to "monitoring."

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:38 am

The numbers look great for being treated. There is no established indice that I know of for snores and 11/hr is not bad at all, I've seen mine go as high as 260/hr.

1. While you don't list any Apneas (AI) the 10+ pressure would indicate something obstructive is going on either Hypopnea or Apnea.
2. If the pressure range set was higher than 5.0cm, then the pressure could have skewed the actual result and the numbers may not be accurate.
3. If machine is a Remstar it could be set up in Split-night mode for 2-4 hours then switch to Auto bipap mode after that. The first part of the test would then give you titration like numbers if you have EncorePro software. You could also set any Min/Max pressure to 5.0cm (if they can tolerate it, set to 4.0 or 4.5cm).
But even 5.0cm can offer some treatment value and skew your actual results.
If the test was done with a auto-bipap, the machine increased pressure for a reason.