remstar auto with c-flex question.

RedThunder94 · Post by **RedThunder94** » Sun May 14, 2006 9:46 am

i was wondering if anybody knows how to adjust the lower pressure setting of the machine, it starts at 6 and will take a long time to get to a more comfortable setting around 9-10cm which is around the pressure that i can use without feeling like i'm breathing stale air, it usually take about an hour or so to get there, so i can fall asleep and not be roused every few minutes to check the pressure setting, lol, or should i talk to the sleep doc and the dme guy about it? thanks in advance.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:17 am

I assume you're specifically talking about your pressure range and not the RAMP feature?

Click on the following link and you'll get the "clinical" setup pages for your machine in Adobe format (you can then save a copy to your computer from the download):

http://manuals.dev.respironics.com/serv ... es_4.0.pdf

Best wishes,

Den

RedThunder94 · Post by **RedThunder94** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:34 am

yes that's what i was talking about, thanks for the link, i just want to up the low pressure by 1-2 so it won't feel so stuffy, my machine is set up in auto with c-flex enabled so i don't think the ramp function works, if i push the ramp button while it is on it will go back down to 6 cm and crawl back up to the needed pressure,

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:03 pm

Red, if your machine is set from 6-18, that's pretty wide open. Most people here recommend 2 above and 2 below your titrated pressure. Also, your cflex is set at 3 - are you comfortable there or have you tried to lower it a bit?

Play around a little - experiment and tweak - that's the beauty of autos.

RedThunder94 · Post by **RedThunder94** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:42 pm

okay, i'm gonna set the low to 7.5 and leave the 18 since i need some decent headroom for the max pressure, it woke me up around 4 am because it had worked it's way up to the max pressure last night so i don't wanna mess with that, as near as i can tell it was at the max for a couple hours so i guess i was breathing rather poorly, and i'm going to try the c-flex at 2 tonight, maybe it will help cause it felt a little weird at max pressure on exhale. at the lower pressures it's great, maybe i can adjust to it being a little harder to exhale. thanks so much for all the help, i appreciate it greatly, god bless.