Anybody using a VideoCam at night?

EDIT: I think (but not sure) that they use them to record the sleeping position but also to check for restless legs or sleepwalking etc

Don't forget... they also use them to watch us while we sleep!

park_ridge_dave wrote:

roster wrote:For me positional sleep apnea is easy to identify with the CPAP software. I wear a backpack to prevent rolling onto my back. Below is an example of what typically happens if I roll to my back. On this chart, at about hour 5.5, I took off the backpack, rolled onto my back and fell asleep. Not a pretty picture.

Ro[o]ster,

Yes dramatic data and that would be good except that I only have CPAP functionality That was one of my prime motivators for "taping"; to see if I was suffering positional apneas.

Or is there some way to spot PA from the detailed CPAP reports (Encore Pro reports)?


Dave

Dave, I can see the effect of PSA when a straight CPAP setting is used. In fact I titrated using straight CPAP.

To observe the PSA effect, I just wore my backpack most of the night and then in the morning hours took it off and fell asleep on my back for an hour or so. When I ran the Encore Pro daily details report, I could see very few events the first part of the night and then wham here they came with a vengeance when I rolled onto my back.

The graph looked very much like the one I posted with the exception that the pressure line was flat at 7.5 cm (fixed CPAP pressure).

Ciao,