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What could have caused this 27sec CA?
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What could have caused this 27sec CA?
So I normally don't have long CA's, only about 10 seconds, and not very frequently. Some nights, none. But last night, I was wearing my Contec oximeter again, and it beeped, waking me up for low oxygen. Looks like I dipped down to 82% O2, until the alarm waked me up. I felt myself gasping a bit for air. I'm glad I was wearing that thing, because I wonder how much longer the CA would have went. My heart rate didnt even go up during this time and stayed around 50-60bpm.

I had some leaks before the CA's, but they ended several minutes before. And my pressure remained at my low setting.

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ResMed AirCurve 10 vAuto
Pressure EPAP min 4.4, IPAP 8.4, IPAP Max 18, PS 4.

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RE: What could have caused this 27sec CA?
If you don't Breath the vAuto won't force you to take a breath, Your body/brain decided not to breath for 27 seconds why we don't know if this becomes a regular feature you need to talk to your Dr.
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RE: What could have caused this 27sec CA?
(09-26-2018, 12:13 PM)jaswilliams Wrote: If you don't Breath the vAuto won't force you to take a breath, Your body/brain decided not to breath for 27 seconds why we don't know if this becomes a regular feature you need to talk to your Dr.

Yep I know the vauto won't force me to breathe. I talked to my sleep doctor many times about my short CA's that I had and he was never concerned and said I didn't have enough to qualify for a machine with backup. And he is worthless most of the time talking to him. Because if I have one or two bad nights, he won't look at the specific days in question. His staff runs a 30-60 day summary report and says my average AHI is good. He is worthless trying to discuss my bad nights with.
ResMed AirCurve 10 vAuto
Pressure EPAP min 4.4, IPAP 8.4, IPAP Max 18, PS 4.

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