Hello Guest, Welcome to Apnea Board !
As a guest, you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use.
To post a message, you must create a free account using a valid email address.

or Create an Account


New Posts   Today's Posts

PR Dreamstation BiPAP Auto
#21
RE: PR Dreamstation BiPAP Auto
Looking at these results, your EPAP has mostly ranged from 10 to 11 cm, and PS has effectively ranged from 4 to 5 cm. You never touched the maximum IPAP pressure of 20. These pressure ranges, combined with exceptionally good result of less than 1 AHI, point a path to very effective therapy in a relatively narrow, comfortable pressure range.

For now I would keep your current settings of EPAP min 10, EPAP max 14, but would dial back pressure support to a range of 4 to 6 max and to reduce maximum IPAP pressure to 20. This won't effectively change anything, but does confine the settings to what is working.
Sleeprider
Apnea Board Moderator
www.ApneaBoard.com

____________________________________________
Download OSCAR Software
Soft Cervical Collar
Optimizing Therapy
Organize your OSCAR Charts
Attaching Files
Mask Primer
How To Deal With Equipment Supplier


INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
Post Reply Post Reply
#22
RE: PR Dreamstation BiPAP Auto
(02-06-2018, 09:33 AM)Sleeprider Wrote: Looking at these results, your EPAP has mostly ranged from 10 to 11 cm, and PS has effectively ranged from 4 to 5 cm.  You never touched the maximum IPAP pressure of 20.  These pressure ranges, combined with exceptionally good result of less than 1 AHI, point a path to very effective therapy in a relatively narrow, comfortable pressure range.  

For now I would keep your current settings of EPAP min 10, EPAP max 14, but would dial back pressure support to a range of 4 to 6 max and to reduce maximum IPAP pressure to 20.   This won't effectively change anything, but does confine the settings to what is working.

Thank you!  I was going to do the same as you suggested with the exception of the IPAP because it doesn't really matter right?  It willl never be able to hit that if the max PS is 6 and my starting pressure is 10-14.  But I guess it doesn't hurt to dial things into the range that is working.    I'm not sure how things will change if at all when my full face mask arrives.  Hoping for a more comfortable sleep and some better deep sleep hours.
Post Reply Post Reply
#23
RE: PR Dreamstation BiPAP Auto
You are correct, the IPAP max would be 20 even without changing that setting. The idea here is to narrow down the operating range, but not restrain it.
Sleeprider
Apnea Board Moderator
www.ApneaBoard.com

____________________________________________
Download OSCAR Software
Soft Cervical Collar
Optimizing Therapy
Organize your OSCAR Charts
Attaching Files
Mask Primer
How To Deal With Equipment Supplier


INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
Post Reply Post Reply


Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Which biPAP? HalfAsleep 9 250 03-14-2024, 09:04 AM
Last Post: HalfAsleep
  My inspiratory time is higher than expiratory on Auto S Bipap Stubert 3 380 02-01-2024, 09:27 AM
Last Post: Sleeprider
  Auto BiPAP fixed PS vs Auto PS - pros and cons? Stubert 5 583 01-09-2024, 02:29 AM
Last Post: Stubert
  bipap Innisfree 2 421 12-12-2023, 07:00 PM
Last Post: UnicornRider
  Help with bipap Al N 7 697 09-14-2023, 06:15 PM
Last Post: Al N
  Dry mouth with Resmed 11 auto, not with S9 auto? pumpkln 3 596 09-13-2023, 12:46 PM
Last Post: eok361
  DreamStation Auto Initial Start-up WilliamZ 3 503 09-11-2023, 11:23 AM
Last Post: Gideon


New Posts   Today's Posts


About Apnea Board

Apnea Board is an educational web site designed to empower Sleep Apnea patients.