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Re: 6½ Years on CPAP, and an Unexpected

Posted by tomjax on June 05, 2006 at 16:26:40:

In Reply to: Re: 6½ Years on CPAP, and an Unexpected posted by D.H. on May 31, 2006 at 01:09:17:

DH,
I wonder why you did not consider insisting on an APAP and are planning another titration next year.

The error rate of a titration or false positive determination is well known and accepted. Pressures vary greatly during the night for many reasons.

IMHO, apaps should be the standard treatment because the data are far more accurate and reliable than the snapshot and highly objective determinations of current sleep studies with their time limitations.

As a very frequent poster, you should strive to be better informed.
I hope that someday soon, APAP will be the standard.
I realize that many docs and dme will oppose such since it cuts into their profit centers.

When a person uses plain CPAP, there is no objective and documented ways of assessing their condition. It is only with carefully documented data that such can be determined.

OSA sufferers need all the information they can get to better be in control of their health.

When a person gets a number from a study, very often it is far higher than is needed for most of the night.
My cpap setting was 13+, but my apap showed it was/is at that pressure for less than 10 pct of the night.


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