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Alarming results on oscar - Lucy84 - 09-22-2024
Hi,
Ive been on cpap about 6 months but only just found out about oscar so had a look. alarmingly, it looks like ive got episodes of CSR. should i be worried about this? also it looks like most of my events are CA but i was diagnosed with OSA, is that wrong? also, im still very tired in the day, any advice? TIA
RE: Alarming results on oscar - G. Szabo - 09-22-2024
You are running your instrument with the factory setting, which can be improved. But first, please ensure we can see the bottom of your AHI section containing all the instrument settings.
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Lucy84 - 09-22-2024
here is the bottom half of the screen
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Dormeo - 09-22-2024
Lucy, instead of "CSR," the green flagging should really be labelled "periodic breathing." PB is a general category of unstable breathing; CSR is a very specific subcategory of PB.
Please post a zoomed-in view of an area in the chart that is dense in CAs -- maybe a stretch of about 15 minutes. That will help us make sure you're not having CSR breathing.
But I do want to ask whether your CA index is usually over 5. Could you let us know?
You might consider getting a (free) account with SleepHQ and sharing the link to your charts. That will allow us to zoom in on parts of your flow rate ourselves.
RE: Alarming results on oscar - G. Szabo - 09-22-2024
I suggest the following alterations in your settings.
Pressure min: 7 cm
EPR=1 Full time.
Ramp off
With this setting, your AHI is expected to decrease.
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Lucy84 - 09-22-2024
hiya, thanks for the reply. I havent heard of sleep hq, but ill have a look and sign up. heres a zoomed in view where you can see im having lots of CA's
thank you, when i work out how to change the settings i will take your recommendations.
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Dormeo - 09-22-2024
Thanks for the zoomed-in view. That doesn't have the appearance of CSR, which produces a sinusoid shape along the tops of the inhalations. So I don't think you need to worry about CSR.
If you'd like to try the settings recommended by G. Szabo, you can enter the clinician's menu on your machine by holding down the home button and the round dial together for several seconds. Be sure to press the round button to save your changes.
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Lucy84 - 09-22-2024
Do the CA results mean I have central sleep apnea?
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Sleeprider - 09-23-2024
Lucy, the presence of CA events in new users is very common, and rarely persists. These generally resolve spontaneously as you adapt and become adapted to the better ventilation with CPAP. Your current settings are not helping you, and I'd like to suggest some changes that will stabilize pressure and make the EPR you experience more consistent. With a minimum pressure of 4.0, you get no EPR because that is the minimum pressure the machine will deliver, so you start off at 4.0/4.0 (inhale/exhale), and as the pressure rises the pressure difference between inhale and exhale increases to 5/4, 6/4 and 7/4 and 8/5. By increasing minimum pressure to compensate for EPR, we can give you a much more consistent experience. Also by decreasing the EPR setting, we can reduce the effect of EPR on ventilation, specifically avoiding the loss of CO2 which leads to the CA events.
Please revise your settings to minimum pressure 6.0, maximum pressure 9.0 and EPR full-time at setting 2. We can take a look at your results with those settings and further refine if needed.
RE: Alarming results on oscar - Lucy84 - 09-23-2024
Thank you so much for the help. This illness has affected me greatly and I just want my life back now so I can't tell you how grateful I am. I'll put those new settings on tonight and report back tomorrow.