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Re: Re: Re: Re: Diagnosis after Oximetry test

Posted by Engineer on May 18, 2002 at 16:53:53:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Diagnosis after Oximetry test posted by writermd on May 18, 2002 at 07:53:11:

Thankuo so much for all your comments. I have a few more questions, but thnakyou so much for all your help so far.

I have organised to get a CPAP later on this week, so hopefully that will make a difference. Ok, so a cpl of questions, I hope you can help :)

I think I will move straight to the CPAP, as the mandibular seems like something very uncomfortable!!! Thanks.

I think my plan of attack is two try and get on CPAP enought to make a difference so that I can loose some weight and get my BMI down from 27 to 25, maybe that will eliminate my mild apnea altogether???

1. Looking at an oximetry record, what constitues evidene of an apnea, is it a spike that drops several points of saturation ie(96 - 92) followed my an increase of heart rate from 50 to 110? I guess what I am asking is how can you recognise an apnea from an oximetry test?

2. In response to your earlier question , I was down around 82% 02 for three periods during the night, for round 20-25 minutes each time ( I have the graph in front of me)?

3. I am still confused about the relevance of the heart rate, all I know is that mine was going nuts for most of the night.

Thankyou so much again for all your comments.

:)

P.S , where could i hire and oximetry device from for a few nights?

Engineer

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