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Re: Annual Sleep Re-test

Posted by Sleepyrick on September 04, 2003 at 11:03:15:

In Reply to: Annual Sleep Re-test posted by Grafx on September 04, 2003 at 07:35:50:

We would hope your severity to go down with a 50# weight loss, but it not unusual for weight loss to make no difference. Nothing horribly out of line there.

About the one year of treatment -CPAP/Bilevel treatment does NOT reduce the # or severity of your apneas. It is more like eyeglasses, it helps only so long as you wear it. Compensates, not cures.

Bilevel PAP maximum setting? We have sent people home with settings of 25/20. Not all Bilevel machines can do that, but some do. I understand some will go as high as 30 cm pressure.


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