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Positional OSA?
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RE: Positional OSA?
(02-03-2022, 07:23 PM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: Welcome. Note this action please. Any sleep test you take, request your copy of the detailed report. HIPAA law permits you to request and receive it. You could consider posting it here redacted of personal info. Knowledgeable Board members can't help you decipher it. Besides you'll want a copy for your personal health file on case anything happens to the ones at doc's office. This may save you from taking another test later.

The report I received has 3 pages. 1st is a summary, 2nd has oximetry and pulse, 3rd page has respiratory, events, breath stats, and a chart. 

Is this considered detailed? Thanks,
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RE: Positional OSA?
Yes, since it has charts. Anything more than just the summary only is what I'd consider detailed.
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RE: Positional OSA?
(02-03-2022, 10:36 PM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: Yes, since it has charts. Anything more than just the summary only is what I'd consider detailed.

Thanks! 

I used an oximeter to record my oxygen level at night. I posted it on the first page but didn't get any comments on it - might be because it is toward the bottom of the page. I'm posting again here. Would you be able to look at it and tell me if it looks OK or not?


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RE: Positional OSA?
Yep I can. Here's the things I see to highlight. Highest SpO2 99%, average 96%, low 92%, meaning mostly you're doing well but it does drop for some short time to a low number worth monitoring nightly. If it gets to 88% for 6 minutes, you're needing supplemental oxygen. This one chart says it's not bad though.

Second item of note, your lowest group of SpO2 was timed to 30 seconds, this area is marked as a range between 88-93%. So the above mentioned 92% was for 30 or maybe less seconds. Again this is indicating watch it, monitor nightly.
INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEBSITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
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RE: Positional OSA?
(02-04-2022, 01:14 AM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: Yep I can. Here's the things I see to highlight. Highest SpO2 99%, average 96%, low 92%, meaning mostly you're doing well but it does drop for some short time to a low number worth monitoring nightly. If it gets to 88% for 6 minutes, you're needing supplemental oxygen. This one chart says it's not bad though.

Second item of note, your lowest group of SpO2 was timed to 30 seconds, this area is marked as a range between 88-93%. So the above mentioned 92% was for 30 or maybe less seconds. Again this is indicating watch it, monitor nightly.

Thanks so much, SarcasticDave94!
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