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Re: oxygen supplementation

Posted by Frank on March 27, 2002 at 19:56:30:

In Reply to: oxygen supplementation posted by Spirometry man on March 27, 2002 at 18:42:31:

If you are on bipap(bilevel), perhaps you have centrals. In addition to O2 level considerations, O2 is used to moderate disturbances in the sleep cycle that are related to centrals that cause arousals. This means that you might need O2 even if the bipap alone can keep your sats up.

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