RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
(08-16-2022, 06:49 AM)TheHu Wrote: Shall i reduce the EPR-Level to 1 ?
I don know how to interpret TV, but just looking at your high Flow limitation, there may a connection. You should try the higher EPR as Gideon suggested. This should lower the FL.
RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
The hypopnea are also much higher than the centrals, and I think they are more disturbing to your sleep, so I also recommend your set EPR to 3.
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RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
Periodic breathing is very complex and it often responds in ways we don't expect. Sometimes lower or no EPR will resolve a problem, but just as often, we find respiration is improved and events reduced with more EPR or pressure support. It really comes down to whether the events are triggered as obstructive flow limitation or as a central apneic threshold problem. I have not been involved in this thread up to now, but your problems appear to be obstructive with high flow limitation, and higher pressure and EPR look like they should help. I'm going to back Gideon here, and suggest you try his suggestions, and it may also help to get into a much closer look at your respiratory flow to see if this is obstructive flow limitation or apneic threshold that triggers PB and events. I'm pretty sure we're looking at obstruction.
RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
I think you're right, most hypopneas are associated with flow limitations (!?).
What kind of cluster is this?
Ok, try EPR = 3
I'll repost
Thx for your patience, have a nice day
RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
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RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
I'll agree with Sleep rider, your breathing pattern appears to be obstructive much more than TECA.
Go for EPR=3, that's what I would do if it was me.
RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
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RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing
Ok, Screenshots from last night.
I had a lot of OA, but some of them seem to be CA, because there is no associated
FL shown.
Shall i go on with the settings 10 FIX pressure and EPR = 3 ?
RE: Question about Cheyne-Stoke breathing