Rubicon wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:08 am
Does anybody read anything?
I can answer that question.....and my thoughts are "no, not really and/or they often misinterpret what someone says when they do"...but my gut response is "rarely". Hence the gazillion questions we see here every day and it's an extreme rarity that we ever see a totally new question.
I got your original answer to the original question.
I've done quite a bit of reading about CPAP, and I've never come across that claim. Is there any truth to it?
and your response was
Once you start hitting about 25 cmH2O.
Very high pressures start to impinge upon the capillary bed, and blood starts to back up behind right heart and accumulate in the periphery.
Which tells me that it's not that much of a risk until people start hitting 25 cm pressure and apap/cpap can't go that high and the number of machines that will go above 25 is really, really small.
But then I have also read the warnings and contraindications that come with every cpap out there
It's right there for anyone to read in the manuals.
Contraindications
Positive airway pressure therapy may be contraindicated in some patients with the following pre-
existing conditions:
severe bullous lung disease
pneumothorax
pathologically low blood pressure
dehydration
cerebrospinal fluid leak, recent cranial surgery, or trauma.
Duh....those are some rather serious problems that I just imagine if someone were to fall in those categories it wouldn't come as a total surprise to the patient and/or the medical care team involved.....and if it did someone isn't doing their job very well.
But back to the original question again....
OP was told something by an RN in the medical team....was it the truth???? Well technically I suppose it was if someone were to really stretch that out and give the benefit of the doubt but I don't think that fear was the reason behind the "don't go f....g around with pressures" warning. I think it was said to scare the bejesus out of someone because the medical care team (or at least that RN) was on a big power trip and didn't believe patients were smart enough to figure out pressure needs on their own.
Do doctors, RNs, DMEs or anyone else lie to people just to extend their power trip grip??? You bet your sweet ass they do.
Now you guys/gals quit with your fighting and get back on topic please.
I hadn't read this thread for quite a while because once I saw Rubicon's original answer (albeit in a bit of code) I didn't see the need for further response.
Question ...has anyone ever heard of that?
Answer....yes but at pressures of 25 or higher.
Then Rubicon gets attacked instead of politely asking him to explain further and we have another derailment going on here with a side dose of personal shit attacks. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth folks.
Get back on topic please.
