07-17-2017, 09:15 AM
RE: Introduction to group and need general advice.
Throwing in my two cents:
1) On the nights where the data is posted, the beginning ramp pressure is 4cm and lots of events occur during the ramp period. Increasing the beginning ramp pressure should address those problems.
2) Once the beginning ramp pressure is set to 9cm and the min pressure is set higher, we should see a decrease in the number of events, including the VS and VS2 snores. While I would not focus on the VS2 snores, I would not totally ignore them either. I'd keep a watch on them: As long as they don't get worse, I'd not worry about them, but if they DO get worse, then I'd look for a cause. (For example when my nasal allergies start acting up, they tend to increase my VS and VS2 snores.)
3) Leaks are MUCH better on July 13 and July 14. Whatever you did on those nights to address the leak problem appears to be working. Keep that up.
Finally:
1) On the nights where the data is posted, the beginning ramp pressure is 4cm and lots of events occur during the ramp period. Increasing the beginning ramp pressure should address those problems.
2) Once the beginning ramp pressure is set to 9cm and the min pressure is set higher, we should see a decrease in the number of events, including the VS and VS2 snores. While I would not focus on the VS2 snores, I would not totally ignore them either. I'd keep a watch on them: As long as they don't get worse, I'd not worry about them, but if they DO get worse, then I'd look for a cause. (For example when my nasal allergies start acting up, they tend to increase my VS and VS2 snores.)
3) Leaks are MUCH better on July 13 and July 14. Whatever you did on those nights to address the leak problem appears to be working. Keep that up.
Finally:
(07-16-2017, 10:21 PM)quiescence at last Wrote: (2) flow limitations tend to stay well above 0.50 which indicates that a higher minimum pressure would make breathing easier and sleep more restful. (3) RERA is still significant (over 1.0) most nights, meaning you are awakened by increased effort to breathe.I personally don't think either the FL Index nor the RERA Index are particularly significant, particularly in light of the AHI. That's not to say I'd ignore them completely, but rather I'd treat them the same way as VS and VS2 data: Watch them, but not worry about them. IF the pressures can be set to address the clusters of OAs and Hs, then the RERA Index might decrease a bit. But it's unrealistic to think that either the RERA I or the FLI will be below 0.5 night after night after night.
