+- Apnea Board Forum - CPAP | Sleep Apnea (https://www.apneaboard.com/forums)
+-- Forum: Public Area (https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-Public-Area)
+--- Forum: Main Apnea Board Forum (https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Forum-Main-Apnea-Board-Forum)
+--- Thread: Aircurve 10 vauto question (/Thread-Aircurve-10-vauto-question)
Aircurve 10 vauto question - GoldMaster - 10-21-2019
Hi I was titrated in the lab and and my min pressure is 6 with max pressure at 10.. I do not want to go through a DME and I want to use my Aircurve 10 vauto.. Is there a way that this unit can function as an Auto Cpap? If it can what do I set my settings to mimic min pressure 6 and max at 10?
RE: Aircurve 10 vauto question - slowriter - 10-21-2019
(10-21-2019, 01:10 PM)GoldMaster Wrote: Hi I was titrated in the lab and and my min pressure is 6 with max pressure at 10.. I do not want to go through a DME and I want to use my Aircurve 10 vauto.. Is there a way that this unit can function as an Auto Cpap? If it can what do I set my settings to mimic min pressure 6 and max at 10?
Use the VAuto mode, set min EPAP at 6, PS at 4, and max IPAP at whatever (15-20?).
The CPAP mode can't do the pressure settings your titration study says you need.
RE: Aircurve 10 vauto question - C0mbe - 10-21-2019
The vauto can’t function as an APAP but you can get it reasonably close.
EPR on a resmed APAP is similar to a true bilevel in that it drops the pressure by 1-3 cm based on the EPR setting. The difference is that an APAP removes the pressure, whereas a bipap adds the pressure to the EPAP in the form of pressure support.
If your APAP settings are 6-10, you want to set the EPAP (expiratory) at 4 min to 7 max and set the PS (pressure support) to 3.
This will get you the closest. Since the vauto can’t go below 4, the starting IPAP (inspiratory) would be 7 and the max IPAP would be 10.
RE: Aircurve 10 vauto question - Gideon - 10-21-2019
You have 2 different assumptions of whar EPR you were using above.
without EPR
Mode = VAuto
EPAP Min = 6
IPAP Max = 10 ( may be higher as long as pressure doesn't run away )
PS = 0
To adjust for EPR
Mode = VAuto
EPAP Min = 6 - EPR
IPAP Max = 10 ( may be higher as long as pressure doesn't run away )
PS = EPR
RE: Aircurve 10 vauto question - C0mbe - 10-22-2019
(10-21-2019, 05:07 PM)bonjour Wrote: You have 2 different assumptions of whar EPR you were using above.
without EPR
Mode = VAuto
EPAP Min = 6
IPAP Max = 10 ( may be higher as long as pressure doesn't run away )
PS = 0
To adjust for EPR
Mode = VAuto
EPAP Min = 6 - EPR
IPAP Max = 10 ( may be higher as long as pressure doesn't run away )
PS = EPR
Good point - I forget that the vauto can be set with 0 PS.