It my first day!

[9999]

Here is the report from my first night with my new machine. Any thoughts? Everything seems pretty good. I had an AHI of over 40 in my sleep study. Thanks!

[KeepSmiling]

Hi,

How did you sleep?

Did you change the Minimum pressure during the night? OSCAR shows EPAP and Min pressure of 4.02 cm. The top of OSCAR shows 5.0 cm Min.

I would suggest:
Min. 10 cm.
EPR 3
Max leave alone at 15 cm.

Your pressure went higher during the night, maybe with a higher EPAP, the pressure will not rise as much.

May you give more info of your sleep study.

[Sleeprider]

KeepSmiling is mostly correct. Your pressure was rising in response to flow limitations, and we treat those by using Exhale Pressure Relief (EPR). This allows up to 3-cm of pressure reduction from inhale to exhale. In order to enable the EPR, you will need a higher minimum pressure setting, but I'm pretty sure once flow limitations are tamed, your pressure will be lower than what you experienced on your first night. My suggestion is Minimum 7.0, Maximum 14.0 EPR on full-time at 3.

[9999]

Thanks! I'll give those numbers a try tonight.

I slept pretty good and feel pretty good today. I did not change anything throughout the night.

I did turn the machine off and on about 330 am to reseat my mask.

[KeepSmiling]

Follow Sleeprider suggestions.

Sleeprider has much more knowledge and understanding of this than I ever will.

[9999]

Thanks! I changed the settings and things seemed better and while I was awake, it seemed easier to breathe.

[Sleeprider]

I think that is closer to what we are looking for. Try this for a few days and see how you like it. The event rate is exceptional here and everything looks excellent.