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

qt9998 Therapy Thread
#31
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
Lots of spikes in the flow rate suggest lots of variable breathing, but as long as you're not tipping into periodic breathing and CA this looks promising.
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
#32
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
Yikes!  Results last night miserable again (and still can't get past 4 hours).

   


The great zero AHI results must have been due to taking pain meds (oxycotone or tylenol)

or sleeping sitting up, or combination of both.

Tonight I'll set EPR to 0 as suggested by Gideon and Sleeprider.
Post Reply Post Reply
#33
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
Results no better.

   

Report shows EPR on but machine shows off (I turned it off before starting)??

Waiting for titration test appointment.
Post Reply Post Reply
#34
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
Your sleep test was inadequate to determine whether apnea was central or obstructive. You need a proper clinical polysomnograph (PSG) evaluation that is capable of determining, not just the occurrence of apnea and hypopnea, but to also record respiratory effort to properly differentiate central or obstructive events. There is nothing we can do to help optimize the wrong therapy. You need to ask your doctor for help getting appropriate testing and therapy for your apparently complex sleep apnea.
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
#35
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
Thank you Sleeprider.

I am trying to see either a pulmonologist or ENT. Which do you think is best?
Post Reply Post Reply
#36
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
I'm not a big fan of specialists, and I especially would not see an ENT for a complex apnea issue. Any sleep specialist or your primary doctor could order a a 12-lead PSG sleep test to verify complex (obstructive +central) sleep breathing disorder, or a titration test to evaluate bilevel pressure with the option to move to ASV if centrals or periodic breathing is present. A lot depends on what your insurance requires to pay for the needed therapy, but it is going to start with a correct diagnosis. I think your AirView study detected a lot of apnea and hypopnea and SpO2 desaturation, but without a chest and abdominal belt, it did not record respiratory effort or determine sleep stage, position and many other factors.

Choose your specialist by asking if they are familiar and able to treat complex and central sleep apnea. Sometimes these are neurologists, but most central sleep apnea is idiopathic and not related to neurological, pulmonary, cardiac or otolarnangological issues. You are looking for a doctor that will evaluate you without the usual bias that all apnea is obstructive.
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
#37
RE: qt9998 Therapy Thread
(12-26-2022, 06:47 PM)qt9998 Wrote: Results no better.



Report shows EPR on but machine shows off (I turned it off before starting)??

Waiting for titration test appointment.

You posted Dec 23 twice, so that is why  it looks so much like the previous night, and EPR surprise.

QAL
Post Reply Post Reply


Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  WW4B Therapy thread WW4B 49 4,068 Yesterday, 04:31 PM
Last Post: WW4B
  Therapy Help - Possible UARS - REM jkossis 8 165 Yesterday, 02:09 PM
Last Post: Sleeprider
  [CPAP] Therapy help rekaviv 9 254 Yesterday, 11:22 AM
Last Post: rekaviv
  IanD - Therapy Thread IanD 28 2,264 03-26-2024, 08:18 PM
Last Post: IanD
  MrIvanDrago - CPAP|Bi-PAP Therapy Journey MrIvanDrago 67 3,357 03-26-2024, 01:22 PM
Last Post: MrIvanDrago
  Marcin's Therapy Thread marcinpiskala 20 963 03-23-2024, 04:38 PM
Last Post: Sleeprider
Information Alaxo Hybrid Stent with CPAP - Therapy Thread G. Szabo 29 1,209 03-22-2024, 10:51 PM
Last Post: G. Szabo


New Posts   Today's Posts


About Apnea Board

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