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Requesting Feedback & Suggestions based on OSCAR result - speedoflight - 01-17-2025
Hello, I'm a newbie to this forum. I recently learnt about OSCAR and how to extract from my CPAP machine. Want to share my last night's result to get feedback & suggestions for improvement.
Context:
I'm on my thirties, BMI in 26ish, had borderline hypertension & prediabetic last 4 years and I had been observing poor sleep quality starting with pandemic times. I thought it was due to increased screen time and poor sleep routine. Tried to understand science behind sleep starting last year and tried for months to improve on it and tracked via AppleWatch. Even if I sleep 7-8 hours, I clock <15 mins of deep sleep. Also my partner observed once that I was very active rolling during the sleep and few times grasping for breath. I reached to my PCP and got sleep study ordered. My study results were as follows:
SLEEP OPPORTUNITY: Total recording time (TRT) 527 minutes, Total sleep time (TST) 501 minutes,
sleep latency 4 minutes, wake after sleep onset (WASO) 17 minutes.
RESPIRATORY: There were 275 obstructive events, and 11 central events for a sAHI of 34.3 per hour
sRDI 36.1 per hour. The oxygen saturation <88% was 1 min.
IMPRESSION:
Severe obstructive sleep apnea
I got my CPAP (AirSense 11) and using AirFit P30i Nasal Pillow mask (after trying couple of different masks) for last 2 months. My average AHI last two months is 2.65.
My last night session's OSCAR snapshots is attached here: https://imgur.com/a/cWJsKU9.
Please review to provide feedback and suggest how I can improve further?
Thanks for your time!
RE: Requesting Feedback & Suggestions based on OSCAR result - SarcasticDave94 - 01-17-2025
Welcome to Apnea Board,
The settings are giving decent therapy, leaks seem minimal and controlled.
A few things that may help improve your sleep, I'd try the combo of minimum 7 instead of 6, and follow-up with making EPR 3 full time.
Next, I'd consider trying to get off the Ramp, as it's possibly a distraction and keeps you out of therapy for its duration. If you look at the pressure line on the chart, you can see that flat hold it had.
Also you can post directly at the bottom of the text box where it says New Attachment. Look in my signature about attachment directions.
Hope all goes well and check back.