High Pressure

I'm on Auto Bipap with setting of epap 14, ipap 19.5 and ps 5. Is this to high of pressure? My doctor kept moving me up trying to improve my O2 levels. When I first did my sleep study I was hitting 20 at least a couple of times a week and he said 20 is really high. Now I'm at a Max of 19.5, so not much different.

I'm handling the pressure fine. I've learned not to think about it and I have no problems.

Thanks any feed back would be helpful.
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Yeah, it's consider high but your machine could go to 25 if needed.
Some specialty bilevels will go to 30 cm...so there are some that will go even higher.

You need what you need in terms of pressure. It is what it is. Yes, the higher end of the pressure spectrum can present some extra challenges but they can be met. I know people using 22 EPAP and 25 IPAP constantly...they manage.

The optimal setting varies widely from one patient to another. Certainly yours is on the higher end.

Note that the correlation between "higher severity" and "higher pressure" is a very loose one. At this point, the amount of pressure needed to treat the condition is not considered a measure of severity (that could change at some point).

Please fill in your profile. I believe that almost all recently manufactured BiPAP (or Bi-Level) machines are data capable. Assuming your is, you should be able to run SleepyHead and analyze your sleep.