(03-29-2018, 12:47 PM)Mogy Wrote: Hi Mohana,
I disagree with much of what is being speculated on about Central Sleep Apnea.
His CA index is 1. There is no reason to start speculating about CSA. My CSA was 0.7 on my sleep test. Most people have some Central events when transactioning between sleep and awake. If he was having a hard time staying asleep it would be easy to get those few Central events.
The 80 hypopneas are what is making up the majority of his AHI. Hypopneas can be either Obstructive or Central in nature. There is no way for any of us here to determine whether they were Obstructive or Central.
I had very few Obstructive events on my sleep study, a few centrals, and a lot of hypopneas. Very much like your son. I have OSA. There is a 98 to 99% chance that your son has OSA like the doctor diagnosed.
There is a very very small chance that he has Central sleep apnea. At this point I think we are doing you a disservice to be discussing it.
Hi Mogy,
The numbers are just like my son's! The doc is going to review the video and data with me next week - I will ask him for more information about the hypopneas. Although the docs only literally have so little time
I definitely appreciate the discussion because I really am completely uninformed about this and overwhelmed with it. All the different views and advise gives me a lot of questions to discuss with the doc and its pushing me to learn more about the machines as well. Although, I am still in denial.
Mo