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#21
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PS: I changed Pressure max to 20 and PSmax to 10
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#22
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Once you adjusted settings, the CA was pretty well resolved. You had a pretty sustained bout of OA events that escalated AHI from 05:15 to 06:00. Hypopnea was persistent. Double check settings and let's see another session:
EPAP min 9.0
EPAP max 11.0
PS min 2.0
PS max 8.0
Pmax 19.0

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#23
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OK, my settings last night were 21.11,9,10,0 . I will try the above settings tonight. I'm a little wary of PSmin of 2. I think I've had trouble with that setting before but I'll try it. Thanks
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#24
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Here is the flow chart from Encore pro. I had to lower the resolution and change to grey scale to get it down to size. If you want a clearer copy of fewer pages let me know.
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#25
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The flow chart was very readable. Many of the OA events seem to have flow rate tapering into the apnea, then recovering. That looks more like a CA pattern, but could be obstructive. Does one of the report pages summarize the settings? It just looks like th machine is not offering much pressure support.
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#26
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Just the chart below.
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#27
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You can get and idea on the pressure chart. It can be enlarged.
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#28
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I have erratic breathing and always have about 5% periodic breathing. I have no cardiac problems. I also have a pretty high tidal volume average. My therapist can't believe I have any hypoxia with the volume of air I take in. See below.
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#29
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Here is the flow chart in horizontal orientation. As I said, the OA events look like diminishing respiratory effort at 02:49, and I see some larger pressure support there. Maybe someone else has an opinion.
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#30
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First four hours: AHI 2.4 Average for the night 3.3. Nice job, Thanks. Also longest sleep segments ever. I think first arousal was during REM sleep. After that the short segment I was awake messing with my mask when I tried to go back to sleep. Last arousal probable also Rem sleep. If it never got better then this I would be happy. Two other things contributed to improvement. Getting mask comfortable and I doubled my Flowmax I take for BPH a week ago so less urgency to urinate. See charts below.
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