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Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
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10 hours ago
Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
Curious to understand how epr works specifically on flow limitation?i see alot of people talking about adding epr to decrease flow limitation guess I don't see how reducing expiratiratory is supposed to help decrease flow limitation can someone explain ?
9 hours ago
RE: Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
It's the pressure differential between exhale and inhale, this action makes your CPAP a bilevel. And EPR will act just like pressure support in the bilevel.
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6 hours ago
RE: Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
For most people, EPR makes breathing more comfortable too, as it allows longer exhalation, which is more natural breathing for most folks.
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2 hours ago
RE: Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
To add to Dave and Deborah’s responses, I have been pondering that when there are physical issues in the airway dropping pressure on exhalation makes it easier to exhale which reduces the flow limitations from pushing against too much pressure. Too little pressure differential and there is no improvement, and too much differential allows you to expel CO2 too completely which causes different issues. The trick is to find the correct amount of pressure and pressure support, which requires experimentation.
SleepRider is very knowledgeable about this topic and may want to add something we missed.
RE: Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
Personally, I saw a load of CA's with EPR set to 3, changed it to 2 and saw an improvement, and I dont realy understand why..
8 minutes ago
RE: Can someone explain how EPR reduces flow limitation?
Makes sense thanks all for your reply
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