(04-17-2020, 06:26 PM)Michaely6 Wrote: My normal minute vent is around 5.7 and respiration around 14.
So current tidal volume is about 407 mL, and you calculated your ideal Vt should be about 469 mL at 6 mL/kg, and thought that would be low? Interesting. The rule of thumb is to subtract 1 mL/lb or 2 mL/kg IBW to bet alveolar minute vent. Anyway, if we assume your IBW is 172 lbs (78 kg), we subtract 172 mL from 469 and get 298 mL which gives us a minute vent of 4.2 L/min.
Run the learn function and see what you get, but be aware that your attempt to breathe normally during the Learn mode tends to result a significant over-calculation of the minute vent for sleep. Part of the titration process is gong to be adjusting the Va to get to your normal or ideal minute vent.
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