Sleepyhead 95% large leak rate; acceptable level.
- Chuck Connors
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Sleepyhead 95% large leak rate; acceptable level.
On the Sleepyhead readout, I'm curious to know what generally is considered to be an acceptable percentage level spent in 95% large leak territory. Thanks for any information provided.
Re: Sleepyhead 95% large leak rate; acceptable level.
The 95% is actually refering to the 95th percentile of all the leaks during that sleep session. The number expressed there simply indicates that the overwhelming majority of your leaks were at OR BELOW that number.
Pugsy has a useful discussion at viewtopic/t108724/When-9590-leak-number ... story.html
Might I suggest that the "% of time above the leak rate threshold" may provide better guidance, you would strive to keep that value as low as possible. On a Resmed report that value is shown as "Large Leak" and the units are % (of the session) where the leakage was above the "acceptable" amount of 24 liters/min.
Pugsy has a useful discussion at viewtopic/t108724/When-9590-leak-number ... story.html
Might I suggest that the "% of time above the leak rate threshold" may provide better guidance, you would strive to keep that value as low as possible. On a Resmed report that value is shown as "Large Leak" and the units are % (of the session) where the leakage was above the "acceptable" amount of 24 liters/min.
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