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Re: Trying to understand O2 vs CPAP

Posted by ChuckS on March 20, 2002 at 10:33:03:

In Reply to: Trying to understand O2 vs CPAP posted by kevin in slc on March 19, 2002 at 11:49:47:

There were some discussions on this at the following:

http://www.sleepnet.com/apnea86/messages/909.html

An easy way to get to it is to highlight it and copy [alt-edit-copy or right-click copy] it, then highlight the location field (netscape) or (I think) go field (IE) and paste [alt-edit-paste or right-click paste].

The RDIs that dropped to 2 maybe were hyponeas. A hyponea is a reduction in airflow that causes an arousal. If O2 is used, maybe the reduced airflow for that person would still be enough to supply the person with enough O2 and not cause an arousal. I have some ideas, but I still don't know how O2 could help significantly with complete apneas. Does any one have a significant reduction in apneas with O2 or is it just hyponeas?

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