Some info that might be useful:
Diagnosed AHI was 14. Home sleep study only. We were surprised to find so many snores reported as I felt he typically snores occasionally and mildly (although he did try to sleep on his back for the test.) Gasping awake is what prompted testing in the first place. He did remove the nasal cannula at some point during the night, and we have no idea when that happened.
He is 35 years old and approx. 100kg.
Since starting CPAP, best night AHI was 0.17. Worst night was 3.84. We missed data from the first week or so as we did not have an SD card.
There have been some late-night mask removals, but usually he puts it back on. Overall average treatment time in the past 30 days has been 6:37.
Starting Rx was 4-15. He increased the pressure to 5.0, then 5.4 as he felt like he was not getting enough air at 4.0.
He turned EPR off once (slept quite poorly, not sure if coincidental) Usual EPR 2, not sure if there’s a difference between 2 and 3.
He tried a couple of masks. Wisp kept bumping up into the bottom of his nose in any size or adjustment, didn’t sleep with it at all. The DreamWear he currently has is the most comfortable, but sometimes leaks especially when sleeping on side. He tried the n30i hoping that the plastic nose piece would solve this, but it was not comfortable to sleep with after a couple nights trial.
He started with the standard hose as suggested by sleep doc. He had painful nasal congestion and mouth breathing after several days. He switched to the heated hose and cranked the humidity up, and this has significantly improved.
He feels he has had no notable changes in wakefulness, energy, etc. I have noticed some less tossing and turning and waking.
I’ll try to attach some OSCAR charts to this post.
Now, my questions:
Should his baseline pressure be changed?
Is there something else we should try to improve his results, especially subjective, other than time?
I really appreciate any help with this.