AirCurve 10 ST-A

[SarcasticDave94]

Howdy y'all. zzzZorro, with sincere hope you get this thing figured out ASAP and wishing a Happy New Year.

Not that I'm trying to be overly bad or anything...but this spring maybe we all gather in to go Duck hunting. I traded a Duck recently, BTW, for a doctor that actually seems not only rather decent in manner, but actually may know what he's doing. surprise surprise surprise OK I'll go back to my corner...

G'night everyone,
Dave

[zzzZorro]

Here is the CPAP chart from last night with the ST-A machine. 
As stated before there is no EPR settings available on it.  Apparently as ajack said the SleepyHead program does not properly integrate with it OR it either does not know/care what 'Unclassified' apneas are as it does not show Obstructives or Centrals.

[jaswilliams]

Sleepyhead does not decide on apnea types that is decided by the machine and that reports them as unclassified apnea’s nothing sleepyhead can do about it.

[Sleeprider]

If you were using EPR at 1, then you can get close to the S9 pressure by setting the ST machine to VPAP-S mode at EPAP 13 and IPAP 14. I don't recall what you were using. If Easy-Breathe is an option in VPAP-S, turn it on.

[ajack]

That's looking OK, compared to your 40's. I first remember coming to your thread when you were on Vauto and 25cm and it not working.
resscan also has them recorded as UA, I don't think there is a FOT in any mode to record oa/ua/ca?
I was meaning that rescan reads more data from the sd card, than sleepyhead. I find sleepyhead more user friendly, and what it reports coincides with resscan, but it hasn't been intergrated and there is some stuff missing. I use resscan to confirm a problem from sleepyhead and see the other data, like Va for example.

[zzzZorro]

If you were using EPR at 1, then you can get close to the S9 pressure by setting the ST machine to VPAP-S mode at EPAP 13 and IPAP 14. I don't recall what you were using.  If Easy-Breathe is an option in VPAP-S, turn it on.

  Sounds like a plan.  "S mode EPAP-13 and IPAP-14".  No new-fangled niceties like Easy-Breathe available on it. 

..But it does have all kinds of alarms

Tempting to switch back to the S9 Autoset but having to get time on this ST unit, we'll keep tinkering with it..  Think of it as a Smorgasborg with all-kinds of goodies!

Thanks

[zzzZorro]

I don't think there is a FOT in any mode to record oa/ua/ca?

Apparently correct but it is not bashful about counting Unclassifieds, don't know how it 'sees' them.  This machine seems to have the dedicated purpose to monitor/count breaths and stuff 'em to you if you miss any.  Doesn't 'care' why something else is going on, just concentrates of intake volume. [Probably why they say it is for COPD ]

[ajack]

Everything is a UA/H and it hits it with a hammer. It is going to put in x amount of ventilation. Measured at the alveolar , past the bronchial, come hell or high water. (or it runs out of pressure first)

[DeepBreathing]

From the Aircurve VAuto / S / ST clinician manual:

Central sleep apnea detection is available in VAuto, CPAP and S modes (when Easy-Breathe is
enabled) on AirCurve 10 VAuto and AirCurve 10 S devices.

The ST (and presumably also the ST-A) are conspicuous by their absence. So I think it's a fair assumption that the ST(A) acts like the ASV and does not bother differentiating apnea types but just gets on and treats them.

[zzzZorro]

From the Aircurve VAuto / S / ST clinician manual:

Central sleep apnea detection is available in VAuto, CPAP and S modes (when Easy-Breathe is
enabled) on AirCurve 10 VAuto and AirCurve 10 S devices.

The ST (and presumably also the ST-A) are conspicuous by their absence. So I think it's a fair assumption that the ST(A) acts like the ASV and does not bother differentiating apnea types but just gets on and treats them.

Yes sir, that is EXACTLY correct. 

I'll have a chart from last night posted as soon as Imgur decides to upload.