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OSCAR data display question
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:48 pm
by unknown12345
Hi,
Pls see below graph from OSCAR for my AirCurve 10 ASV settings:

- AirCurve_10_Settings_pic1.JPG (73.81 KiB) Viewed 381 times
Which means pressure ranges would be : (8.2 <= EPAP <= 15) and (8.2 <= IPAP <= 23) ... correct?
If so, then why in the "Statistics" section it shows "Max EPAP = 18.0" ?? (
red underlined)
Below pic is the pressure blotter for the same night (3/2/2020), as you can see max EPAP (green line in the graph) never went above "15.0"

- AirCurve_10_Settings_pic2.JPG (80.93 KiB) Viewed 381 times
Is there a bug in the OSCAR?
Thx.
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:53 pm
by unknown12345
Forgot to include OSCAR version, here it is:

- AirCurve_10_Settings_OSCAR_Version.JPG (16.1 KiB) Viewed 379 times
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:01 pm
by Pugsy
OSCAR has more than one little bug.
Even more bugs when people are using the various ASV kind of machines.
You found one of them...just ignore it.
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:08 pm
by zonker
unknown12345 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:48 pm
Hi,
Pls see below graph from OSCAR for my AirCurve 10 ASV settings:
AirCurve_10_Settings_pic1.JPG
Which means pressure ranges would be : (8.2 <= EPAP <= 15) and (8.2 <= IPAP <= 23) ... correct?
If so, then why in the "Statistics" section it shows "Max EPAP = 18.0" ?? (
red underlined)
Below pic is the pressure blotter for the same night (3/2/2020), as you can see max EPAP (green line in the graph) never went above "15.0"
AirCurve_10_Settings_pic2.JPG
Is there a bug in the OSCAR?
Thx.
you may want to report this in the first thread-
viewtopic/t175269/OSCAR-Suggestions-amp ... rting.html
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:10 pm
by Pugsy
It's already a known bug....no need to report it.
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:11 pm
by zonker
Pugsy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:10 pm
It's already a known bug....no need to report it.
which is
prolly why you didn't suggest it!
again, HOW do you keep all this "stuff" in your head?
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:22 pm
by unknown12345
Pugsy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:01 pm
OSCAR has more than one little bug.
Even more bugs when people are using the various ASV kind of machines.
You found one of them...just ignore it.
Curiosity question : From the clinician manual I am deducing that pressure(s) are determined as follows:
(Min EPAP <= EPAP <= Max EPAP) and
[ (Min EPAP <= IPAP <= (Max EPAP + Max PS) ]
correct ?
If so, then how is "Min PS" used by the algorithm?
Thx.
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:27 pm
by chunkyfrog
Some heads have room for stuff that other heads disregard.
It's just how we are wired.
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:34 pm
by unknown12345
unknown12345 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:22 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:01 pm
OSCAR has more than one little bug.
Even more bugs when people are using the various ASV kind of machines.
You found one of them...just ignore it.
Curiosity question : From the clinician manual I am deducing that pressure(s) are determined as follows:
(Min EPAP <= EPAP <= Max EPAP) and
[ (Min EPAP <= IPAP <= (Max EPAP + Max PS) ]
correct ?
If so, then how is "Min PS" used by the algorithm?
Thx.
Forgot to include pic from manual, see below:

- AirCurve_10_Pressure_Range.JPG (76.66 KiB) Viewed 316 times
Based on the above pic, then may be I got the IPAP formula wrong!!
If so, is IPAP range calculated as follows?? (note the addition of "Min PS" in red)
[ (Min EPAP
+ Min PS) <= IPAP <= (Max EPAP + Max PS) ]
Re: OSCAR data display question
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:21 pm
by Pugsy
unknown12345 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:22 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:01 pm
OSCAR has more than one little bug.
Even more bugs when people are using the various ASV kind of machines.
You found one of them...just ignore it.
Curiosity question : From the clinician manual I am deducing that pressure(s) are determined as follows:
(Min EPAP <= EPAP <= Max EPAP) and
[ (Min EPAP <= IPAP <= (Max EPAP + Max PS) ]
correct ?
If so, then how is "Min PS" used by the algorithm?
Thx.
In what context? Minimum PS is nothing more than the minimum difference between inhale and exhale.
What I have always wondered about (and couldn't ever find out anything) was what in the algorithm tells the machine to vary the PS or increase it from the minimum when a variable PS is available...and why and how much.
I know big PS is needed to deal with central apneas...that rather large burst of PS so that the difference between inhale and exhale is substantial....what about minor differences? I never could find any real documentation as to what, how or how much drives the algorithm to do its job.