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Re: What is my APAP thinking?

Posted by rkf on April 03, 2006 at 09:08:20:

In Reply to: What is my APAP thinking? posted by eyedoc on March 30, 2006 at 06:26:00:

Before the jaw advancement surgery eliminated my 60 per hour obstructive events, I tried auto machines. They didn't work any better than conventional cpap or bipap. I have a very random breathing pattern (sometimes long and slow other times sort and rapid). This kept the machine confused. Quite often, the machine would be increasing the pressure as I was trying to exhale or it would be decreasing as I was trying to inhale. The pressure change at the wrong moment kept waking me up. Happily, the surgery dropped the obstructive component to essentially zero.

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