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Re: Optimum pressure caveats, indeed!!

Posted by Rebecca on February 13, 2003 at 09:51:03:

In Reply to: Re: Optimum pressure caveats, indeed!! posted by - Sleepy Coote on February 12, 2003 at 18:02:38:

Hi again. So if a minimum pressure of 9 left you with an AHI of greater than 5, wouldn't a fixed pressure of 10 leave you with an AHI of greater than 5, as well? At a fixed pressure of 9 you were obstructive apneas and hypopneas? Can obstructive apneas and hypopneas increase if your pressure is too high? Sounds like it, at least in your case. I'd only heard of that being true for central apneas. Another question for you: Do you know if you have any upper airway resistance arousals that are not apneas or hypopneas? This relates to the whole AHI, RDI, RAI debate I posted about earlier. I wonder if you have some UAR that wasn't diagnosed because the lab you were titrated in only looks at apneas and hypopneas, especially given your extreme daytime symptoms for a relatively low AHI. Can you tell from your autopap data? It seems like the folks like us who have more hypopneas and UAR benefit more from autopaps for whatever reason. I'm hoping this may be the case for me too!

Rebecca

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