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Should I be concerned? - george656 - 05-10-2018
Here are my sleepyhead results from last night. Should I be concerned?
RE: Should I be concerned? - srlevine1 - 05-10-2018
(05-10-2018, 08:29 PM)george656 Wrote: Here are my sleepyhead results from last night. Should I be concerned?
I do not see anything that is especially worrisome. But, I am not a physician or a polysomnographer. Just another fellow hose-head.
You may need to work on managing your numbers by tweaking your settings.
And, I would mention the Cheyne-Stokes Respiration/periodic breathing (which is probably nothing) to your physician or sleep doctor.
I am sure some of our more sophisticated forum members might be able to suggest tweaks to the settings.
RE: Should I be concerned? - Sleeprider - 05-10-2018
Fixed pressure at 9.0 with EPR at 3 results in 9/6 IPAP/EPAP pressure. Looks to me like you need to increase the pressure in small increments until better results occur. Overall, no problems with this therapy. Events appear to be mainly obstructive due to pressure being too low. A lot of data is missing due to the vertical size of charts and using the pie-chart. It would really help to see the flow limitations and snores as well as respiratory statistics. Turn off ramp.
RE: Should I be concerned? - tedvpap - 05-10-2018
(05-10-2018, 08:29 PM)george656 Wrote: Here are my sleepyhead results from last night. Should I be concerned?
Concerned - no. Should you be satisfied - no.
You need more pressure.
RE: Should I be concerned? - PaulaO2 - 05-10-2018
And remember, that's just one night. You need to examine data over time.
RE: Should I be concerned? - george656 - 05-11-2018
I have gained 10 pounds since starting the cpap therapy. So I wonder if this could be the cause.
RE: Should I be concerned? - Walla Walla - 05-11-2018
Yes weight gain is one of many causes that can affect a change in pressure required.
RE: Should I be concerned? - Sleep2Snore - 05-11-2018
Yes, pump up the pressure, slowly though until you get better results, if it starts to get worse go no further.
Might need 2 to 4 of an increase at most. Do it 1 at a time, if things look worse over a few days go back to where you were, if things look better, go up another 1 and see how things are over a few days.
Do not go changing anything else like masks etc, this just confuses the issue.
RE: Should I be concerned? - Sleeprider - 05-11-2018
I suspect that you will end up at a pressure of 12 with EPR at 3 for a pressure of 12/9. You can take your time getting there or just give this pressure a try. It's easy enough to back down if we over-shoot your needs. 12/9 is not a particularly high pressure, and I think it will make a big difference for you.
RE: Should I be concerned? - george656 - 05-11-2018
I will have to talk to the respiratory therapist who set up my Resmed Airsense 10 Elite about my weight gain to see if the pressure needs to be changed.