10-04-2023, 10:41 PM
Capabilities of ResMed S9 VPAP for treating UARS
Hi there.
I have a UARS diagnosis. I started with the ResMed S9 AutoSet, which I used for only a short time before seeing a new physician who prescribed the ResMed S9 VPAP.
Physician said that I have severe UARS. He has since retired and I've yet to find a new physician who is as capable at treating UARS, so I've been trying to tweak my treatment on my own.
My understanding is that ResMed S9 is an ASV device, which is somewhat similar to BiPAP in that it raises and lowers the pressure with each breath, but rather than using one pressure for breathing in and another for breathing out, it gently raises and lowers the pressure with each breath, which some people describe as being almost as if the machine "breathes for you."
In the machine settings, it has minimum and maximum EPAP settings; this is the range of pressures that it blows when I am breathing out, and 90% of the time, it blows something close to the lower end of the range.
It also has minimum and maximum PS settings. The PS (pressure support) is the difference in pressure between EPAP and IPAP, which would be similar to the "gap" in pressure settings on a BiPAP machine.
However, it seems a bit odd to me that the highest level it lets me set the PS to is 6, which means that given my minimum EPAP of 9, my minimum IPAP is 15, and from my reading on this forum, 6 is a rather small gap between EPAP and IPAP.
I would really like to see what it does for my airflow signal if I can get a bigger gap between EPAP and IPAP. I'm wondering if I would need a different machine for that. Would the ResMed S10 or some other brand allow a larger gap, or would I need a BiPAP machine for that?
I have a UARS diagnosis. I started with the ResMed S9 AutoSet, which I used for only a short time before seeing a new physician who prescribed the ResMed S9 VPAP.
Physician said that I have severe UARS. He has since retired and I've yet to find a new physician who is as capable at treating UARS, so I've been trying to tweak my treatment on my own.
My understanding is that ResMed S9 is an ASV device, which is somewhat similar to BiPAP in that it raises and lowers the pressure with each breath, but rather than using one pressure for breathing in and another for breathing out, it gently raises and lowers the pressure with each breath, which some people describe as being almost as if the machine "breathes for you."
In the machine settings, it has minimum and maximum EPAP settings; this is the range of pressures that it blows when I am breathing out, and 90% of the time, it blows something close to the lower end of the range.
It also has minimum and maximum PS settings. The PS (pressure support) is the difference in pressure between EPAP and IPAP, which would be similar to the "gap" in pressure settings on a BiPAP machine.
However, it seems a bit odd to me that the highest level it lets me set the PS to is 6, which means that given my minimum EPAP of 9, my minimum IPAP is 15, and from my reading on this forum, 6 is a rather small gap between EPAP and IPAP.
I would really like to see what it does for my airflow signal if I can get a bigger gap between EPAP and IPAP. I'm wondering if I would need a different machine for that. Would the ResMed S10 or some other brand allow a larger gap, or would I need a BiPAP machine for that?
