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Re: hypopneas vs. apneas

Posted by ArtistMonday on March 09, 2006 at 09:36:22:

In Reply to: Re: hypopneas vs. apneas posted by SleepyTimeGal on March 09, 2006 at 09:16:03:

Thank you so much! I am supposed to take my machine this afternoon and have the pressure bumped up from 7 to 8. During the study the technician stated that I was "pressure sensitive" which could be why they started me at such a low pressure.

I don't really know how to read the report that talks about the pressure that they had to get to to stop all events. I actually don't think they ever got me to zero that night. I think the closest they got was 3 apneas and 1 hypopnea. That was immediately after the cpap was applied and it looks like this:
Rxl/RxE/RxO2
6/4/0

Does that make any sense to anyone? The AHI on that was 3.8 and the RDI was 4.8. At 0/6/0 they were able to get me down to 4.3 RDI but my AHI was also 4.3 and I had 7 apneas but zero hypopneas.

All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the cpap and the results that I'm getting. I guess I'm just a little impatient for results and thirsty for knowledge.

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