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Your results are excellent, and nice job on the charts. I think increasing minimum pressure from 8.0 to 8.5 will clean up some hypopnea, flow limits and snores.
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Machine: System One (60 Series) RemStar Auto with A-Flex (560P) Mask Type: Nasal mask Mask Make & Model: comfort gel Humidifier: none CPAP Pressure: 8-16 CPAP Software: OSCAR
Your numbers are excellent, but even looking back on your first post, the statistics show you have always suffered from Flow Limitations and RERAs, which can disrupt sleep.
You could try moving the minimum pressure up to 9cm. It may help with some of that.
You apnea seems to be well treated, and I’m pretty sure the weight loss has shown improvements in many aspects of your life. But as far as being able to go without Cpap, it’s not impossible, but not likely either.
The only sure way to gauge that is to submit to an overnight sleep test.
INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
Machine: System One (60 Series) RemStar Auto with A-Flex (560P) Mask Type: Nasal mask Mask Make & Model: comfort gel Humidifier: none CPAP Pressure: 8-16 CPAP Software: OSCAR
Machine: System One (60 Series) RemStar Auto with A-Flex (560P) Mask Type: Nasal mask Mask Make & Model: comfort gel Humidifier: none CPAP Pressure: 8-16 CPAP Software: OSCAR
I raised my Min pressure to 8.5 and the results look like they have improved a bit. Should I increase to 9cm or leave it as it is? Thanks for the help!
Increasing the pressure to 8.5 resulted in an AHI of 0.68, all of it hypopnea, and your pressure is nearly constant through the night. This is the least distruptive and effective way to optimize therapy. Excellent! One of the cleanest charts from a new user on a Philips Auto I have seen.
INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.