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oscar review data after 5+ years? - swift - 07-22-2022 is there anything i can do to optimize my ahi?  i recently bought a climatelineair for my machine which i think is really nice RE: oscar review data after 5+ years? - OpalRose - 07-22-2022 A minimum pressure of 4 is a bit low. Most folk can feel "air starved" with this low pressure. Are you sleeping through the night? I'd like to see a minimum pressure of 7cm with a maximum of 15cm. Set EPR to 2. Give it a couple days at these settings and repost. RE: oscar review data after 5+ years? - swift - 07-22-2022 just locked in these settings, looking forward to trying it out tonight ! never knew about epr and yes im sleeping the entire night RE: oscar review data after 5+ years? - OpalRose - 07-22-2022 The EPR (Expiratory Pressure Relief) helps when breathing out against pressure. By using EPR 3, the exhale pressure will drop by that amount. Example: Minimum pressure 7cm minus 3 EPR = exhale pressure of 4. Note: In some folk this can cause an increase in Clear Airway events, but we would watch for that. On the flip side, EPR can help with Flow Limitations and Hypopnea. RE: oscar review data after 5+ years? - swift - 07-25-2022 let me know what you think. i woke up super bloated this morning i think its all the air.  also here are some older days where ive had good ahi on 4 - 9: https://imgur.com/a/nHwvgAM (so its not impossible?) heres the 7-15 days RE: oscar review data after 5+ years? - OpalRose - 07-25-2022 Being "super bloated" isn't good. This is what is called Aerophagia (the swallowing of air). And yes, when you used pressures of 4-9, your results were good. My recommendation of 7-15 was so that you could implement the EPR feature. It doesn't really kick in with pressures much under 6 or 7. But if your experiencing Aerophagia, then revert back to your original settings. You can try to inch it up slowly over a period of days, start with 5-9. The goal is comfort and the results with a slightly higher setting 7-15 were not that significant. The pressure never went much past 9 even though set to 15. Read the Optimizing Therapy link in my signature line.