Today, 07:20 AM
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RE: VCOM & Bi-Level
Merry Christmas!
Update on my VCOM 'Testing'.
I am actually using VCOM all the time now, no reason to take out really, it is invisible in a sense.
I have tried it with every mask i have, pillows, nasal, full face and now with new REsmed air sense 11 machine.
I have parsed the data up and down; hard to find definitive conclusion, until this....
Respiratory Rate!
No more hi peaks for 95% and 99.5% , as per Overview Tab in Oscar.
Very stable.
Hoping you all that are testing will look at your Overview and check for that?
It makes total sense too...
VCOM reduces Peak Inspiratory Flows, like when you take those large breaths for whatever reason ( CO2 and air hunger come to mind for me)
Looking forward to hearing what you are finding with your results on this!?
And one other thing, small point maybe, but to clear up.
I hear a lot of people describing VCOM, one way or another, as changing Expiratory pressure.
It does NOT change it!
Dr. Noah says hardly at all which is fair enough.
What it does is slow down the flow during INHALE, then when you EXHALE the *PAP machine has a chance to rebuild pressure and that is the EXHALE PRESSURE.
So, INHALE pressure is reduced proportional to size of breath and then EXHALE pressure is whatever your machine is putting out at that time.
Update on my VCOM 'Testing'.
I am actually using VCOM all the time now, no reason to take out really, it is invisible in a sense.
I have tried it with every mask i have, pillows, nasal, full face and now with new REsmed air sense 11 machine.
I have parsed the data up and down; hard to find definitive conclusion, until this....
Respiratory Rate!
No more hi peaks for 95% and 99.5% , as per Overview Tab in Oscar.
Very stable.
Hoping you all that are testing will look at your Overview and check for that?
It makes total sense too...
VCOM reduces Peak Inspiratory Flows, like when you take those large breaths for whatever reason ( CO2 and air hunger come to mind for me)
Looking forward to hearing what you are finding with your results on this!?
And one other thing, small point maybe, but to clear up.
I hear a lot of people describing VCOM, one way or another, as changing Expiratory pressure.
It does NOT change it!
Dr. Noah says hardly at all which is fair enough.
What it does is slow down the flow during INHALE, then when you EXHALE the *PAP machine has a chance to rebuild pressure and that is the EXHALE PRESSURE.
So, INHALE pressure is reduced proportional to size of breath and then EXHALE pressure is whatever your machine is putting out at that time.
