How do you change the pressure on ResMed Auto Set II?

Hi there,
Could you please tell me how to change the pressure on the ResMed Auto Set II?
Thanks a million

Hi Minnie. Welcome to the forum! How long have you been on CPAP? Where you actually able to get a Resmed S8 II AutoSet as your very first xPAP?? If so that sure is impressive! So many first-timers end up w/a basic compliance data only CPAP. What made you decide you need to change your pressure?

Well, you found the right one to tell you all about the resmed stuff. I too am getting a new Resmed soon and Slinky has already helped me out.

Minniedml wrote:Hi there,
Could you please tell me how to change the pressure on the ResMed Auto Set II?
Thanks a million

You might check this thread.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33730&

Den

Slinky wrote:Hi Minnie. Welcome to the forum! How long have you been on CPAP? Where you actually able to get a Resmed S8 II AutoSet as your very first xPAP?? If so that sure is impressive! So many first-timers end up w/a basic compliance data only CPAP. What made you decide you need to change your pressure?

Hi Slinky,
Thank you for the welcome! I hope I am answering in the right area. I didn't know if I should use the Quote or Post a new reply???
I didn't know there were different machines. This is the one my doctor gave me. It's a good one? Well, that nice to hear!
I don't know anything about all the lingo I was seeing in the messages so hopefully I will learn.
The Doctor originally had my pressure up so high (13) I couldn't sleep and my jaw was sore from so much pressure.
I finally talked him into taking it down a bit to an 11 and finally to a 10 but now I'm not so sure that I shouldn't have kept it at the 11 but I don't want to ask him to change it again until I see if I'm comfortable with it again. I thought I would change it and try it out first. I am not sleeping through the night at all. I wake up frequently & I'm tired during the day.
The 13 was definitely too high.

Well, you still didn't tell us how long you've been using this Resmed S8 II AutoSet. And yes, it is an EXCELLENT, top of the line auto CPAP.

I'm not trying to string you along. But you really should have some understanding of what you are doing and why before playing w/your therapy settings. Is your AutoSet in auto mode or in straight CPAP mode? If in auto mode what are the pressure ranges? Is EPR turned on and if so to what setting?

First off do you know how to access your nightly data w/this AutoSet? Press the Left and Right buttons and hold for 3-4 seconds. Efficacy Data should pop up in the LCD screen. If it doesn't then access to the advanced patient menu wasn't turned on. Tomorrow morning, wait about 15 minutes after you get up, but before noon, try the above button combination and see what data, if any comes up on the LCD screen. That data can tell us a lot whether you need a pressure setting change, or a change of the EPR (exhalation pressure relief) setting or whether your leak rate is too high causing the AutoSet to chase the leaks and provide higher pressure than would be needed if your leaks are under control.

The xPAPs work on an internal, 24 hour, noon to noon clock. At noon the previous night's data rolls over into the total averages and is lost as an individual nights data - unless you have the software and cable reader and do a download w/in 5 days of that night before noon.

If access to the Efficacy Data, the advanced patient menu, hasn't been turned on then we'll tell you how to turn it on. In the advanced patient menu you cannot accidentally or intentionally change your pressure settings. So experiment all you want and get used to the function of the buttons.

You will need to access the Clinicians Menu to change your pressure settings. Its important that when you do access that menu for the first time that you have a pencil and paper handy and write down the information in each screen that appears and that you make NO CHANGES this first time thru. Once you've been thru the entire menu and know what all the settings are, THEN you can make the changes you feel necessary. If they don't work out you can refer to your list to know what your original scripted settings were and should be. NEVER do ANYTHING in the Erase Data screen except proceed to the next screen or Exit!!

When you DO make a change to your pressure setting, make ONLY ONE CHANGE at a time, and STAY AT THAT CHANGE for a WEEK, checking and making note of all your data each morning. At the end of that week you will have the data to know what ONE CHANGE you may need or want to make for the next week.

As soon as I know that you've read this reply to your thread I will PM you w/the instructions for accessing the Clinicians Menu. Meanwhile, you will need to register as a member and allow PMs to be sent to you. In addition, to avoid having to repeat yourself and our constantly asking you what equipment you have, down near the bottom of the My Profile screen you can enter that information, using text instead of the avatars makes it easier to us to know what equipment you are using faster. To access the Profile screen click on the Users Control Panel at the top left of this page.

Hi Slinky,
Sorry, I have been using the machine for about 4-5 months. I was getting so bloated with the pressure turned up to 13.
The thing is, when I was doing the sleep study, the woman doing the study said that about an hour or so before she was supposed to wake me up, my mask started to leak a lot but she didn't want to disturb me so she just bumped up the pressure to 13. The problem is, that is the pressure setting she gave to the doctor. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see and I thought I had an alergic reaction to something. Someone has since told me that it was because the air was blowing in my eyes??
I'm still reading the posts here and I'm trying to write down questions I have about the differences between a CPAP & Auto Pap and the initials for things like RDI and PSG and Micro Arousal & Spontaneous, AHI, AI etc. etc. etc.
I'm currently using a nose pillow because I couldn't get the face mask to stop leaking. The nose pillow seems more comfortable too.
I have registered quite awhile ago (at least I thought it was this one because I put it in my favorites) but I can't remember my user name & password so I will have to do it again.
I will appreciate any help you can give with helping me to understand all about this CPAP business.
My husband just received one too but his pressure is much lower than mine and I don't understand it because he snores soooo loudly and he actually stops breathing. My doctor told me that I didn't acutally stop breathing because for some reason my body woke me before I stopped breathing but I was having very interrupted sleep. My husband said I didn't really snore much or if I did occasionally, it was more like very heavy breathing.
Last night I turned my exhale pressure (?) down to the lowest to see if it would help me sleep more through the night.

I am glad you are educating yourself about OSA and CPAP therapy, Minnie. I can't send you a PM until you are registered and allow PMs to be sent to you.

The severity of one's OSA has no bearing whatsoever on the pressure needed to keep the airway open to prevent the events from occurring. Someone w/very mild OSA could require a very high pressure and someone w/very severe OSA could require very little pressure to keep the airway open.

I sounds very much like despite your have the AutoSet it is set in CPAP mode since you mention just one pressure. In auto mode there would be a pressure RANGE rather than a single pressure setting.

The higher you set the EPR setting the MORE RELIEF you get on exhalation. 1 gives 1 cm of exhalation pressure relief, 2 gives 2 cms and 3 gives 3 cms of relief. So at a pressure setting of 10 and an EPR setting of 3 you would be inhaling at 10 cms of pressure and exhaling at 7 cms of pressure.

It sounds like you had mostly hypopneas and very few apneas. Which makes one wonder if you have another sleep disorder or disorders in conjunction w/OSA.

You might want to ask your sleep doctor for a copy of his dictated results from both your sleep evaluation AND your titration studies AND a copy of the full scored data summary reports w/condensed graphs from both studies. Also ask him or your local DME supplier for a copy of your equipment order (script). You never know when you might be traveling out of state and your AutoSet get stolen, broken or lost and you would need your script and study results to get assistance or a replacement in that area.

Meanwhile, do the button push tomorrow morning as I mentioned earlier and write down the data. Look at the literature which came w/your nasal pillows mask so you can tell us just exactly which one you have. Get registered so I can send you a PM w/the Clinicians Menu instructions and be sure to include your xPAP, humidifier, mask in your Profile so you don't have to keep repeating that info. As soon as I see you've enabled PM'ing I will PM the info.

Yep, those swollen eyes were most likely directly related to the mask leaks into your eyes. RDI = respiratory disturbance index. PSG= polysomnography (your sleep test). RT = respiratory therapist. RPSGT= registered polysomnography technician. AHI = apneah/hypopnea index (number of apneas and hypopneas per hour). AI = apena index (number of apneas per hour). HI = hypopnea index (number of hypopneas per hour).

Welcome to the forum, Neil. You will need to register as a member, its free, and allow PMs (private messages). How long have you been using an xPAP? This isn't rocket science but you SHOULD have some knowledge of what you are doing before you go willy-nilly playing w/your therapy settings. I know it is so so tempting when you have a new play toy to start playing w/it but .... you should know what you are doing and why first.