your opinion on min Pressure setting ?

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your opinion on min Pressure setting ?

Post by Albatros » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:40 am

Difficult night: need to dry my mask which starts to leak when it is wet (mouth tape not waterproof enough).

Airsense 11, FFM F20
min P = 10, Max P = 19, EPR = 3

My question:
arrival around 4:20 of a strong rise of FL's.
If my min P had been = 11 vs 10, would the pressure rise swing have been faster to break the FL's and prevent the H's ?
Trade off: more swing but more risk of leakage ...

Thank you

NB: strange to see that the worst O2 desaturations happen when I am reading in my bed (without apneas !), trying to find my sleep.



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Re: your opinion on min Pressure setting ?

Post by Dog Slobber » Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:25 am

Your minimum pressure looks low. Increasing it will likely reduce Flow Limitations, Hypopneas and those swings.

A little extra minimum pressure may not impact leaks at all, show your leak graph so we can see if there is a correlation between pressure and leaks. The solution to leaks is to adjust mask, mouth-tape, change mask, not to sacrifice therapy.

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Re: your opinion on min Pressure setting ?

Post by Okie bipap » Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:47 pm

It looks like you spend a lot of time at 11 or higher. I would recommend you try 11 for a while and see how you do.

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Re: your opinion on min Pressure setting ?

Post by palerider » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:40 pm

I'd go with a minimum of 12.

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Re: your opinion on min Pressure setting ?

Post by Albatros » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:44 am

Thank you.
I will increase my Min Pressure and check.