Improve Respiratory Rate?
Are there any settings on the Aircurve 10 that can influence respiratory rate? I'm curious as I have read a few threads and folks mention RR. For example, if someone had a respiratory rate steady around 19, could settings be tweaked to lower it during the night?
I figure someone on this board has information to share on this topic. Thank you for all the help!
RE: Improve Respiratory Rate?
What are you trying to manipulate with respiratory rate?
RE: Improve Respiratory Rate?
Not necessarily trying to manipulate it, but wondering if it can be lowered through settings of the machine, specifically a bilevel.
RE: Improve Respiratory Rate?
We really don't have settings that lower respiration rate. We can shorten inspiration by manipulating TiMax, but extending TiMin, increasing cycle sensitivity or reducing trigger sensitivity would be novel solutions to slow respiration that is in the normal range. I also think altering normal respiration would be uncomfortable and disruptive. Increasing PS to increase tidal volume might slow respiration rate, but again not a commonly used approach. So those are the tools we have, but I don't recommend it.
RE: Improve Respiratory Rate?
(02-16-2024, 12:45 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: We really don't have settings that lower respiration rate. We can shorten inspiration by manipulating TiMax, but extending TiMin, increasing cycle sensitivity or reducing trigger sensitivity would be novel solutions to slow respiration that is in the normal range. I also think altering normal respiration would be uncomfortable and disruptive. Increasing PS to increase tidal volume might slow respiration rate, but again not a commonly used approach. So those are the tools we have, but I don't recommend it.
Makes sense and thank you for the detailed response!
