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RE: Fresh Start - zzzZorro - 01-31-2019
Maybe someone can explain why the BreathRate is up so much and the TidalVolume is down so much on the second chart?
PS=2 on both, EPAP is 17 from 16, and the IPAP was given free reign to the max VAUTO limit so the machine can do the thinking.
[I was trying to decrease Obstructives and Hypopneas without increasing Centrals]
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RE: Fresh Start - Sleeprider - 01-31-2019
Note minute vent is nearly constant. I can't explain a higher respiratory rate / lower tidal volume, and I don't think we can reliably say the setting changes had anything to do with it. The pressures here are only 0.5 to 1.0 cm higher with the higher settings (median, 95%). It's not much.
RE: Fresh Start - zzzZorro - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 10:20 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: Note minute vent is nearly constant. I can't explain a higher respiratory rate / lower tidal volume, and I don't think we can reliably say the setting changes had anything to do with it. The pressures here are only 0.5 to 1.0 cm higher with the higher settings (median, 95%). It's not much.
Thanks kindly
RE: Fresh Start - zzzZorro - 02-01-2019
(01-31-2019, 11:25 PM)zzzZorro Wrote:(01-31-2019, 10:20 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: Note minute vent is nearly constant. I can't explain a higher respiratory rate / lower tidal volume, and I don't think we can reliably say the setting changes had anything to do with it. The pressures here are only 0.5 to 1.0 cm higher with the higher settings (median, 95%). It's not much.
Thanks kindly
SR; It seems you were right. "IT'S NOT MUCH" I was about to tweek my settings but decided to leave it awhile and let it shake out. I'm glad I did and am Elated to say that last night was the most restful sleep I have had since I don't remember when.
Just had to say something as I woke up feeling revitalized and very close to 100%![attachment=10088]
RE: Fresh Start - Sleeprider - 02-01-2019
Patience is a virtue here. If it's worth trying, it's worth trying more than one night. Oddly, the median pressure here is lower than the chart you posted at a 16.0 EPAP min.
RE: Fresh Start - sleepyzzz - 02-01-2019
did you try fixed pressure ?
RE: Fresh Start - zzzZorro - 02-02-2019
(02-01-2019, 07:47 PM)sleepyzzz Wrote: did you try fixed pressure ?
YES
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And what fixed pressure would you suggest?
RE: Fresh Start - CHanlon - 02-03-2019
It's really worth it when *that* happens, isn't it? :-)
RE: Fresh Start - zzzZorro - 02-03-2019
(02-03-2019, 12:24 PM)CHanlon Wrote: It's really worth it when *that* happens, isn't it? :-)
INDEED
Climbing the mountain - zzzZorro - 02-18-2019
I don't expect a response, just a progress report for those who have so graciously helped me cope with the beast over the last year and a half.
And the results are becoming relatively consistent:
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..And possible without an ASV machine!