Sudden increase in Clear Airway Apnea

Tcahull87 · Post by **Tcahull87** » Sat May 14, 2022 5:55 pm

Julie wrote: ↑
Sat May 14, 2022 5:21 pm
You said it started about when you went back to work... have you seen your MD? Had a proper cardiac check-up?

Not something (Epap aside) you want to fool around with.

I haven't , but I'm relatively young , and am probably the healthiest I've been in a while

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Sat May 14, 2022 7:00 pm

Pressure support is the difference between EPAP (exhale) and IPAP (inhale)

Your settings on the machine are fixed
EPAP at 7 cm
IPAP at 14 cm
that makes PS of 7.....not PS of 4

To get PS of 4 you could use 7 EPAP and 11 IPAP
or 14 IPAP and 10 EPAP....or any combination in between as long as the difference is 4

Miss Emerita · Post by **Miss Emerita** » Sat May 14, 2022 11:14 pm

Tcahull87 wrote: ↑
Sat May 14, 2022 5:07 pm

Miss Emerita wrote: ↑
Sat May 14, 2022 10:47 am
I don't know why this has started happening recently. You are using a lot of pressure support; it'd be helpful to know why. Could you let us know?
I believe the pressure support is at 4, its on the screenshots to the left, but I dont know what pressure support is, lol

Pressure support is the amount of pressure on top of your EPAP. EPAP plus PS = IPAP. Yours is 7.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Sun May 15, 2022 4:36 am

Being young never rules out potential problems... or are you like so many guys who just won't go to the doctor til it's too late?

Tcahull87 · Post by **Tcahull87** » Sun May 15, 2022 8:27 am

Pugsy wrote: ↑
Sat May 14, 2022 7:00 pm
Pressure support is the difference between EPAP (exhale) and IPAP (inhale)

Your settings on the machine are fixed
EPAP at 7 cm
IPAP at 14 cm
that makes PS of 7.....not PS of 4

To get PS of 4 you could use 7 EPAP and 11 IPAP
or 14 IPAP and 10 EPAP....or any combination in between as long as the difference is 4

I changed my PS to 5 last night, 11ipap, 6epap, and got the best sleep in about 5 days. My AHI was 6 , as opposed to 20 last night. My clear airway events are still a little high, but not as much. Thanks everyone for the knowledge shared.

Miss Emerita · Post by **Miss Emerita** » Sun May 15, 2022 11:38 am

Very good! The cause is still a mystery, but it sounds as though you're on the right track. After a few days, do try going down to PS of 4, as Pugsy suggested.

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