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09-10-2024, 10:29 AM (This post was last modified: 09-10-2024, 10:36 AM by Nightynite. Edited 1 time in total.)
RE: can I test for sleep apnea by setting a very low pressure?
(09-10-2024, 09:43 AM)joelin02 Wrote: For a forum that helps people retrieve and interpret their raw data on their CPAP, I'm pretty disappointed in this response. Even if I can't interpret all of it, I'm sure I can figure out some of it. There are resources out there for helping people do just that. A short explainer from someone who can will also go a long way.
Your missing the point, the raw data from your lab sleep study still needs to be processed. You need to re read Dave’s response. Your confused on what raw data is. It’s not charts and diagrams and pictures.
Post up a redacted sleep report and Oscar chart. That’s how this site works.
Machine: ResMed AirSense™ 11 Mask Type: Full face mask Mask Make & Model: ResMed AirTouch™ F20 Full Face CPAP Mask Humidifier: unsure CPAP Pressure: 4-13 CPAP Software: OSCAR
09-11-2024, 01:14 AM (This post was last modified: 09-11-2024, 01:43 AM by joelin02. Edited 1 time in total.)
RE: can I test for sleep apnea by setting a very low pressure?
(09-10-2024, 09:59 AM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: You had a split study, half diagnostic half Titration. That's fine for most.
To me, the important data for the test report is the table that shows diagnostic events of type and count. Then the doctor's recommendation.
If you didn't get those 2, request the detailed report.
Okay I attached the diagnostic table.
I think what I was hoping to get from my sleep doctor was something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohTE--PgBkY The raw data and some kind of software to be able to view it and a brief explanation of what each line means, just like what we have in OSCAR.
If we can view data at that level of detail in our ResMed devices on OSCAR at home, then why can't we see the equivalent (plus more) from our sleep study in the lab?
RE: can I test for sleep apnea by setting a very low pressure?
To answer the original question in the title: Very low pressure isn't the same as no CPAP because you rebreathe the same air and wind up breathing air with higher CO2 than you would without the machine. When I got my machine, it was set to ramp at a very low pressure, and I felt like I was suffocating.
