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====Bad and Horrible Leak/Total Leak Lines====
These are leak lines where it's clear that that Large Leaks are present during a substantial amount of the night, and it's clear the Large Leaks are both '''long enough''' and '''large enough''' to adversely affect your CPAP therapy.
A working definition of a Bad Leak/Total Leak line is that the leaks are bad enough to trigger a visit from '''''Mr. Red Frowny Face''''' an unfavorable leak indication if you were using a ResMed S9: If large leaks make up more than 30% of night, you've got a problem with leaks.
A Horrible Leak/Total Leak line is a leak line where the leaks are totally out of control: If over 50-60% of the night is in Large Leak territory, you've got a Horrible Leak/Total Leak line and a pretty significant problem with leaks.
The Statistical Leak data for a Bad Leak/Total Leak lines may have a median Leak/Total Leak number well below the the manufacturer's definition of "Large Leak", but the 90% (or 95%) leak numbers, will be larger than the official Large Leak definition. If the median Leak/Total Leak number is close to or above the the manufacturer's definition of "Large Leak", then you've got a Horrible Leak/Total Leak line.
Most people don't have random, rare Bad or Horrible Leak/Total Leak lines. Folks who have real leak problems tend to have Bad or Horrible Leak lines on a significant portion of the the nights they use the CPAP. If you are seeing multiple Bad or Horrible Leak/Total Leak lines each week, you know you need to do something about the leaks.
'''A final comment on the connection between the Statistical Leak data and the graphical leak data'''
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