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Machine: Air Sense 10 Mask Type: Nasal pillows Mask Make & Model: Res Med Airfit P10 Humidifier: Res Med Air Sense 10 CPAP Pressure: 6-14 CPAP Software: OSCAR
12-17-2024, 08:10 PM (This post was last modified: 12-17-2024, 08:15 PM by sleephead777. Edited 1 time in total.)
Advice for dialing in pressures?
Hi All,
I've been using CPAP for a few years now but am at the point where I really want to dial treatment in and see if i can lower AHI. I've attached a overview in Oscar which should help show previous treatment data. As of last week I've started to raise min pressure and lower max to find a better range. Thoughts on any way I can improve settings? It seems to be raising my AHI from around 3 to 4-5 instead of lowering it. Please let me know if I need to provide more data for you. Thanks in advance!
There are a couple issues. You have a moderately high residual AHI with periodic clustered OA events. The fact they occur close together suggests we are looking a positional apnea https://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.ph...onal_Apnea This can often be resolved by changing pillows or avoiding sleeping positions that lead to chin tucking. Secondly, you have flow limitations (95% between 0.06 and 0.11) that are likely causing respiratory event related arousals. We can resolve that by using a higher EPR setting of 3. Read the positional apnea wiki and share any thoughts on how this may apply. Try increasing minimum pressure to 8.0 with EPR full-time at 3 and keep maximum pressure at 14 for now. This will result in a pressure range of 8/5 to 14/11 compared to current range of 6/5 to 14/13. I think you will find this more comfortable, and if you can resolve the positional issue, we should see an improvement in AHI and sleep quality.
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.
12-31-2024, 09:10 PM (This post was last modified: 12-31-2024, 09:16 PM by Fdxmike. Edited 1 time in total.)
RE: Advice for dialing in pressures?
You folks are a blessing to us who are struggling with CPAP! I'm working on getting my sleep under control but I'm not giving up yet! My graph looks like a horses mane with a bad haircut! Don't give up sleephead777!
Leaks are out of control here, and we will see much more valuable information if the monthly calendar is minimized. Just click the triangle in the date line. Happy new year.
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.
I'm sorry. I didn't want to take attention away from the original thread gentleman but does this help? Have a wonderful and healthy New Year to you both!
Machine: Air Sense 10 Mask Type: Nasal pillows Mask Make & Model: Res Med Airfit P10 Humidifier: Res Med Air Sense 10 CPAP Pressure: 6-14 CPAP Software: OSCAR
(12-17-2024, 08:54 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: There are a couple issues. You have a moderately high residual AHI with periodic clustered OA events. The fact they occur close together suggests we are looking a positional apnea apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php?title=Optimizing_therapy#Positional_Apnea This can often be resolved by changing pillows or avoiding sleeping positions that lead to chin tucking. Secondly, you have flow limitations (95% between 0.06 and 0.11) that are likely causing respiratory event related arousals. We can resolve that by using a higher EPR setting of 3. Read the positional apnea wiki and share any thoughts on how this may apply. Try increasing minimum pressure to 8.0 with EPR full-time at 3 and keep maximum pressure at 14 for now. This will result in a pressure range of 8/5 to 14/11 compared to current range of 6/5 to 14/13. I think you will find this more comfortable, and if you can resolve the positional issue, we should see an improvement in AHI and sleep quality.
Hey Sleeprider, Thank you so much!!!! I made the suggested changes and have seen a pretty massive improvement in AHI, screenshots below. I also got a new pillow the same day as making the changes so I think a bit of both have helped. How are things looking now, any room to fine tune additional settings? Thanks in advance!
Well 777, well done! That's a lot of progress. Still some positional obstruction, but much much better. I'd like to see you try +1 cm of minimum pressure to see if we can clean it up a bit more.
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: Air Sense 10 Mask Type: Nasal pillows Mask Make & Model: Res Med Airfit P10 Humidifier: Res Med Air Sense 10 CPAP Pressure: 6-14 CPAP Software: OSCAR
(01-03-2025, 10:02 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: Well 777, well done! That's a lot of progress. Still some positional obstruction, but much much better. I'd like to see you try +1 cm of minimum pressure to see if we can clean it up a bit more.
Will do and report back in a week or so. Thank you again!
Thank you so much, sir! I used the new Phillips Dreamwear nose pillow two nights ago and numbers were even better. Unfortunately, I woke up with serious under nose pain. It reminded me of 2nd grade when my teacher, Mrs. Trout stuck her fingers in my nose and dragged me to her back office for eating paste! I also got what looks and feels like a painful pimple between my nostrils. I switched to the full face mask last night and I have shared screenshots of the results below.
Don't give up sleephead777!
