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Diagnosis and Treatment Thanks

Posted by Jim on November 05, 1997 at 06:24:34:

I want to thank Cobi and Spleepyrick for information they gave me on an initial home study I had in August; they Dr. told me I have mainly central apnea even though I snore. He had scheduled me for an in-lab setup to determine CPAP treatment.

I exressed concern about the study having a possible miss diagnosis and he explained that I had mixed apnea, with 80% being central. Also that the home study used 17 channels which made it fairly accurate.

But he felt better having my lab session be a mixed night and it confirmed the first study. Also, the sleep lab explained that a higher pressure would indicate central.

Tonight, I have another brand of the BiPAP machine (it has a different name, but was explained that BiPAP is trademarked and I want to keep the integrity of not commercializing).

I also have hardcopies of the results in hand. The first one showed of 332 minutes of sleep I had 236 disturbances; 113 central, 30 mixed, and 93 hypopneas. The hemoglobin desaturation went to 98.1%.

I the mixed lab session a month and a half later was just broken into a hour avg. It showed 6 obstructive, 12 mixed, 44 central, and 15 hypopneas with the nadar dropping to 92%.

The BiPAP seemed successfull at a setting of 16/12, so I guess I'm on to the next stage of trying to work with it.

Thanks again,

Jim

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