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Do we trust a really low AHI when our leaks are borderline higher than we want?
We aren't ever really told just what happens other than machine's reporting ability can be impaired.
I have used both Respironics and ResMed machines and I have experience large leaks for a duration long enough that I can see the impact on therapy and with both machines I had an increase in events show up...not zero events.
ResMed called some of the events unknowns..but it flagged them.

In the report below (where I had a really bad leaky night) at near 80 L/min (ResMed machine used) I got some unknowns and at 40 L/min pretty much nothing. I actually believe that I still had decent pressure therapy at that time or I feel I would have had more events get flagged since it flagged events at 80 L/min. This is my one and only time with this massive of a leak for any duration so I have nothing else to validate things.
So my thoughts are that while obviously 40 L/min is more than I want to see all the time...I don't think that things totally went to hell when I had that leak...now the near 80 leak..yeah..things went to hell but even then it wasn't like I spent the whole night there. I tend to think that the machine actually does a fairly decent job of scoring events up past that 40 L/min mark. Might not be perfect but if I was seeing less than 1 AHI and spent a bit of time higher than I wanted leak...I would tend to think that things were better than I though.
Again..I have no proof and this is why we say to keep the leaks at a minimum if we can just in case....

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NateS wrote: So I am very puzzled by this accusation made by a first-time anonymous poster.

Regards, Nate [/b]

Ax to grind? Some people are just plain mean!

Suz

The person posing as NateS was a long time Innomed employee and worked in the engineering department. That is not his photo and he is paid to post here.

bfallow wrote:The person posing as NateS was a long time Innomed employee and worked in the engineering department. That is not his photo and he is paid to post here.

If only it were true!

Nate

bfallow wrote:The person posing as NateS was a long time Innomed employee and worked in the engineering department. That is not his photo and he is paid to post here.

Sorry, I don't believe you! And, if that's actually true, who the hell cares!

Guess that depends on if he's male or female. Sorry Nate.

Papit wrote:
Nate, … What were your average 95%-ile leaks using the FX and what were they with other masks?

Good question. To figure that out, I would need to find my Notes stored in SleepyHead.

Is there a way to search and/or export the NOTES in SleepyHead?

Thanks,

Nate

(As this is a question of general interest, not limited to Aloha users/experimenters, I am also posting it as a new topic, hoping to quickly find someone who knows. I was unable to find it in the commands/menus.)

NateS wrote:

bfallow wrote:The person posing as NateS was a long time Innomed employee and worked in the engineering department. That is not his photo and he is paid to post here.

If only it were true!

Nate

Nate I get sharesies on that money you are making from posting here...or else I'll report you to the IRS
Cheers
Nan

nanwilson wrote:

NateS wrote:

bfallow wrote:The person posing as NateS was a long time Innomed employee and worked in the engineering department. That is not his photo and he is paid to post here.

If only it were true!

Nate

Nate I get sharesies on that money you are making from posting here...or else I'll report you to the IRS
Cheers
Nan

Um, count me in on Nan's proposal. I could use the extra moola myself. Nate, I know you're not taking the 'actors' seriously. We all have more compelling health oriented stuff to talk about here. You got my vote, buddy!

Nate, Nate, Nate, ha..........guess you knew that was coming!! Keep ya bucks, but man, why'd ya make me beg beg for the Aloha, Innomed really bud just send me a supply of pillows..............so who cares I love ya posts man!!! Really an imposter, nooooooooo way!!! But just in case send the blessed ALOHA!!!!

I was joking with some members privately to use our names to get free product.

but, was a bad joke and I don't want to get banned.

Nate: You guys made the hockey sticks too long

neverbetter wrote:I was joking with some members privately to use our names to get free product.

but, was a bad joke and I don't want to get banned.

Huh? Now you've got me/us really confused!

What do you mean?

Nate