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There's a lot of acronyms and abbreviations associated with sleep apnea. The purpose of this list is to assist users in understanding the "alphabet soup" as well as understand the difference between similar terms (such as Bi-Flex and BiPAP and Bi-Level).
 
 
There's a lot of acronyms associated with sleep apnea. This list will contain these acronyms and their meanings. The purpose of this list is to assist users in understanding the "alphabet soup" as well as understand the difference between similar terms (such as Bi-Flex and BiPAP and Bi-Level).
 
  
 
== Alphabetical ==
 
== Alphabetical ==
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===C===
 
===C===
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* '''CAI''' - Central Apnea Index
 
* '''C-Flex''' - Respironic's name for [[Exhalation Relief|exhalation pressure relief]] for CPAP
 
* '''C-Flex''' - Respironic's name for [[Exhalation Relief|exhalation pressure relief]] for CPAP
 
* '''cm / cmH2O''' - centimeters; unit of pressure used by xPAP machines; [[Cm/H20|centimeter of water]]  
 
* '''cm / cmH2O''' - centimeters; unit of pressure used by xPAP machines; [[Cm/H20|centimeter of water]]  
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===F===
 
===F===
* '''FF''' - full face [[CPAP mask|mask]]
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* '''FFM''' - full face mask [[CPAP mask|mask]]
  
 
===H===
 
===H===
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===I===
 
===I===
 
* '''IPAP''' - [[Definitions#G.2C_H.2C_I|Inspiratory (inhale) Positive Airway Pressure]]  
 
* '''IPAP''' - [[Definitions#G.2C_H.2C_I|Inspiratory (inhale) Positive Airway Pressure]]  
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===L===
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* '''LL''' - Large Leak; a leak larger than the machine can compensate
  
 
===N===
 
===N===
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===P===
 
===P===
 
* '''PAP''' - positive airway pressure
 
* '''PAP''' - positive airway pressure
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* '''PB''' - [[Periodic_breathing| Periodic breathing]] (note: this acronym exists predominantly within [[SleepyHead]] only)
 
* '''PLMD''' - [[periodic limb movement disorder]] (body twitches during sleep, usually as the brain tries to wake you up to breathe)
 
* '''PLMD''' - [[periodic limb movement disorder]] (body twitches during sleep, usually as the brain tries to wake you up to breathe)
 
* '''PLM''' - periodic limb movement (used on sleep reports with a number for how many occurred; part of the "arousal index")
 
* '''PLM''' - periodic limb movement (used on sleep reports with a number for how many occurred; part of the "arousal index")
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* '''PS''' - pressure support; the difference in provided pressure between inspiration and expiration
 
* '''PSG''' - [[Polysomnography]] (sleep test)
 
* '''PSG''' - [[Polysomnography]] (sleep test)
  
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===S===
 
===S===
 
* '''SA''' - [[sleep apnea]]
 
* '''SA''' - [[sleep apnea]]
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* '''SH''' - [http://www.SleepFiles.com/SH2/ SleepyHead software]
  
 
===U===
 
===U===
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* '''UAI''' - Unidentified Apnea Events
 
* '''UPPP''' - [[Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty]]; also known as '''UP3'''
 
* '''UPPP''' - [[Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty]]; also known as '''UP3'''
  
 
===V===
 
===V===
* '''VPAP''' - [[variable positive airway pressure]]
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* '''VPAP''' - [[variable positive airway pressure]] (Resmed's brand of bilevel)
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* '''VS''' - Vibratory Snore (note: this acronym exists predominantly within [[SleepyHead]] only)
  
 
===X===
 
===X===
* '''xPAP''' - any of the positive air pressure machines
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* '''xPAP''' - any of the positive airway pressure machines
  
 
==By Group==
 
==By Group==
  
 
===Machines and machine related===
 
===Machines and machine related===
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* '''SW''' - Displays the current software version.
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* '''BID''' - Displays the boot loader ID.
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* '''VID''' - Displays the variant ID.
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* '''RID''' - Displays the regional variant ID.
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* '''HID''' - Displays the humidifier software ID.
  
 
===Sleep study terms===
 
===Sleep study terms===
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==External Links/Resources:==
 
==External Links/Resources:==
  
misc acronyms associated with sleepyhead software:
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Misc acronyms associated with [[SleepyHead]] software:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/sleepyhead/index.php?title=Sleep_Disorder_Glossary
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http://sleepyhead.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Glossary
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Sleep study key terms
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http://www.ucmc150.uchicago.edu/sleep/terms.html
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Long list of technical terms
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[[Category:Medical terms]]
http://www.respironics.com/Glossary.asp
 

Revision as of 01:53, 5 May 2017

There's a lot of acronyms and abbreviations associated with sleep apnea. The purpose of this list is to assist users in understanding the "alphabet soup" as well as understand the difference between similar terms (such as Bi-Flex and BiPAP and Bi-Level).

Alphabetical

A

  • A-Flex - Respironics' name for exhalation pressure relief for their APAP
  • AHI / A/HI - apnea hypopnea index
  • AI - apnea index
  • APAP - automatic positive airway pressure (also called Auto-CPAP, AutoPAP, AutoCPAP)

B

C

D

E

F

  • FFM - full face mask mask

H

I

L

  • LL - Large Leak; a leak larger than the machine can compensate

N

O

P

  • PAP - positive airway pressure
  • PB - Periodic breathing (note: this acronym exists predominantly within SleepyHead only)
  • PLMD - periodic limb movement disorder (body twitches during sleep, usually as the brain tries to wake you up to breathe)
  • PLM - periodic limb movement (used on sleep reports with a number for how many occurred; part of the "arousal index")
  • PS - pressure support; the difference in provided pressure between inspiration and expiration
  • PSG - Polysomnography (sleep test)

R

S

U

V

X

  • xPAP - any of the positive airway pressure machines

By Group

Machines and machine related

  • SW - Displays the current software version.
  • BID - Displays the boot loader ID.
  • VID - Displays the variant ID.
  • RID - Displays the regional variant ID.
  • HID - Displays the humidifier software ID.

Sleep study terms

Conditions associated with sleep apnea

External Links/Resources:

Misc acronyms associated with SleepyHead software: http://sleepyhead.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Glossary

Sleep study key terms http://www.ucmc150.uchicago.edu/sleep/terms.html




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