03-29-2024, 02:19 PM
RE: Flow rate kink at end of exhalation
(03-28-2024, 03:08 PM)ahuman Wrote: Do others not have this pattern?
I do! Here's an example.
By the way, what is "trigger" in a CPAP machine?
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BigWing
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BigWing
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03-29-2024, 05:36 PM
RE: Flow rate kink at end of exhalation
According to TheLankyLefty27, these 'kinks' are nothing to worry about - they are apparently called "cardiogenic oscillations" or "cardioballistic artifacts". Basically, your heart beats are being picked up in your PAP device. Here's a link to his video about them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLhSgsEvJk Here's a scientific paper on the topic entitled "Pulmonary blood flow generates cardiogenic oscillations": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19439200/
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03-29-2024, 06:50 PM
RE: Flow rate kink at end of exhalation
The cardioballistic or cardiogenic osculations look just a bit different. Not saying it could not be CB, but here is our take on it in the Wiki. https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.ph...cillations That's not really what I'm seeing.
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