02-17-2023, 12:50 PM
RE: Suspected UARS - new to CPAP and OSCAR. Help?
On your Feb 2 chart, we saw your closeup of 6 minutes near 10:52pm. Given the waveform and the intensity of it, I can think of only 1 scenario. You were asleep and in REM sleep.
1. waveforms are mostly sinusoidal, meaning breathing in right after breathing out with no gap. This means you have awake brain breathing. This occurs if you are awake, or if you are in REM sleep.
2. the variability of respiration rate is classic of REM sleep, where wide variations do occur in respiratory controls. This sort of breathing is hard to spoof while actually awake.
3. generally the tidal volume will reduce 15-25% during REM versus non-REM sleep.
Absolutely nothing to worry about and nothing to attempt to eliminate.
QAL
1. waveforms are mostly sinusoidal, meaning breathing in right after breathing out with no gap. This means you have awake brain breathing. This occurs if you are awake, or if you are in REM sleep.
2. the variability of respiration rate is classic of REM sleep, where wide variations do occur in respiratory controls. This sort of breathing is hard to spoof while actually awake.
3. generally the tidal volume will reduce 15-25% during REM versus non-REM sleep.
Absolutely nothing to worry about and nothing to attempt to eliminate.
QAL
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