RE: hwnboy therapy thread
If you had a large number of CA's on your sleep study (or you can prove to your Dr. that you are still having a lot - by increasing EPR to the maximum to combat the flow limitations), then my might get a sleep study with the ASV to confirm this.
ASV was designed to stop CA's with its dynamic back up rate, but it can very effectively treat OSA also.
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RE: hwnboy therapy thread
I decided to experiment with the effects of EPR on my therapy. For the past several weeks, I’ve been using CPAP mode with a pressure of 8 cmH2O and EPR set to 3. Curious about the impact of turning EPR off, I noticed a significant drop in central apnea events, but an increase in flow limitations, RERAs, and hypopneas. After collecting a week’s worth of data, I’m now planning to use EPR at 1 for the upcoming week to see if I can reduce the flow limitations, RERAs, and hypopneas without causing a substantial rise in central apneas.
Attached are the last 7 days of Oscar data with EPR off.
RE: hwnboy therapy thread
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Here is last night, October 20, 2024 - the flow limitations bothered me over the week, although I had a significant decrease in Centrals.
RE: hwnboy therapy thread
It can be a balancing act like you are seeing. I hope your experiment works. If it doesn't, you have some good charts that you have already posted to go back to.
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