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Re: Newly Diagnosed Severe OSA

Posted by sleepy-in-seattle on July 11, 2005 at 21:34:33:

In Reply to: Newly Diagnosed Severe OSA posted by foggy on July 11, 2005 at 12:17:00:

It is tough for many people to fall asleep in the artificial environment of a sleep study. I think that is factored in to some degree.

I think you can trust that you have apnea, and it's not minor. I thought that an AHI of 58 was considered moderate-severe, but I could be mistaken.

The sleep efficiency score is a little suspect. I'm not sure what to make of it. My last sleep study was similar. I slept for a little over an hour total. It was not enough for them to titrate my CPAP pressure, but they established that my apnea was back in full force (which was all I cared about - this was to help justify an MMA procedure for insurance purposes).

You do not need eight hours of sleep to determine your AHI. However, I think you might need another study to determine the best starting pressure for CPAP therapy.

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