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Additional Info - Flow Limitation/UARS and BiPAP
Monitor your RDI vs your AHI. RDI = apneas + hypopneas + RERAs/Flow Limitation/UARS.<br />
BiLevel for MOST with a diagnosis of UARS<br /> Quoting the article ''"in our clinical and research experience, we are using gaps of '''4 to 12 cm of water ''' in our patients. My personal bilevel settings are 21/12.5 for a gap of 8.5. In our prescriptions for bilevel, I would venture that the '''average gap is in the 5 to 6''' range with tremendous variation, including some with a '''gap of only 2 or 3'''. Those with a lower gap requirement would likely do as well on FLEX or APAP, but to repeat, the large majority of our patients have a gap of 4 or greater."''<br />
In our prescriptions for bilevel, I would venture that the '''average gap is in the 5 to 6''' range with tremendous variation, including some with a '''gap of only 2 or 3'''. Those with a lower gap requirement would likely do as well on FLEX or APAP, but to repeat, the large majority of our patients have a gap of 4 or greater."''
This calls for a BiLevel.
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