Suggestions to reduce Hypopnea events
Hi,
I have only had my resmed aircurve 11 ASV for a week. I was hoping to get some feedback from office however I do not think that will be happening until sometime next week at best.
Would it be possible to provide some feedback and/or some recommended settings based on Oscar data? I am providing two attachments, both are from the same evening however they are just displaying different information on the left.
Thanks!
RE: Suggestions to reduce Hypopnea events
You have a very high tidal volume (800's to almost 900 median) and low respiratory rate (7 or so).
You have a similar problem that was presented by a member with ASV just a day ago (here is the thread:
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Sleeprider noticed the air "stacking" in this member's OSCAR chart because of too high a PS min.
1st move would seem to be to lower your PS min to 3. See if this helps.
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RE: Suggestions to reduce Hypopnea events
You might want to redo the settings somewhat. You can follow Jay's suggestion, and maybe further consider doing a self Titration with this chart from ResMed.
I would keep the ASV Auto mode, and edit both EPAP Min and Max, then PS Min and Max.
Alternate, if you want a simple edit, maybe turn down PS Min to 3 or 4, move the 2 or 3 you cut from PS Min over to EPAP Min, which is currently at 4.
I would also suggest turning off the Ramp.
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