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Re: I hate my Auto Pap and my Doc

Posted by Bird Watcher on February 10, 2006 at 19:21:07:

In Reply to: I hate my Auto Pap and my Doc posted by Thunder Bay on February 10, 2006 at 14:20:03:

Two very important tools to have if you use an auto, they are:

1. The s/w
2. The Clinician's manual

An auto adjusting CPAP that is purchased by insurance money from a local provider rarely comes with either of these.

I have never read on any forum where someone was using a wide range on an auto CPAP and being sucessful at it. Usually, a difference of 4 to 5 cm between the limits is a good place to start with therapy and then a person can widen those limits to see if any benefits follow. A periodic review of the s/w will reveil if the upper limit is being reached too often or if the lower limit doesn't budge. These would be signs that the band needs to be adjusted upward or downward, whatever the case may be, yet the width of the band (4-5 cm) probably should stay about the same. The range of the machine (4-20 cm) is for a wide range of patients, not any one patient.

My sincere advice would be to get the tools you need and also realize that the mask is half the battle, and somehow magically, the right mask may help therapy even more than the machine.

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