UARS Pressure Setting/Titration

GumbyCT · Post by **GumbyCT** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:57 pm

fwiw- my sleep doc says anyone with OSA has UARS.

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:10 pm

Unfortunately medicine hasn't reached a consensus opinion of UARS just yet.

I don't think that reality is a reflection of who is or isn't doing their job. It's a reflection of where contemporary medicine happens to be with respect to discovery and understanding IMHO. Or the way I like to think of it: UARS is medical history in the making.

I think cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) analysis may well become increasingly important in the understanding UARS.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:52 pm

-SWS wrote:Unfortunately medicine hasn't reached a consensus opinion of UARS just yet.

I don't think that reality is a reflection of who is or isn't doing their job. It's a reflection of where contemporary medicine happens to be with respect to discovery and understanding IMHO. Or the way I like to think of it: UARS is medical history in the making.

I think cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) analysis may well become increasingly important in the understanding UARS.

They haven't gotten very far have they? I remember us discussing the same thing like 8 years ago on that other board

Tired Eyes · Post by **Tired Eyes** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:13 am

1) Do you have a data capable machine? The big potential problem with self-titration is that too high of a pressure can sometimes create central apneas, which is a serious problem indeed.

Could you explain what "central apneas" are? I've never heard that term before. I have just recently raised my min pressure as I have a high AHI level (13+), but don't want to create new problems either;)

Thx,

Tired Eyes