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- Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Cough & False Hypopneas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7435
Re: Cough
Is this flow at 23:16:50 indicative of her cough and does the flow rate (during the cough) distort her average flow rate so as to cause the reported hypopnea? Yes that is probably the cough you observed. Did the flow rate increase (caused by the cough) result in a false positive hypopnea, it would ...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Leaks and machine capability/reliability
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4597
Re: Leaks and machine capability/reliability
Similar situation. showed Oscar to doc, and he noted that 75% of my events occurred during big leak periods. I would go to sleep for 2 hours and only have 2 events while I was at minimal leak. During the next 3 hours with leaks between 35-65, I would have 40 events. Then during the final 3 hours at...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Smart watches and sleep apnea ?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 25666
Re: Smart watches and sleep apnea ?
I was asking because of a conversation I had with a co-worker about the patent dispute with apple. Masimo is a principle manufacturer of medical components and systems, and in particular oximetry. The lawsuit, going back to 2020, is not just a simple patent dispute, rather Apple is accused of theft...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ? on Wellue Rings (or similar)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2018
Re: ? on Wellue Rings (or similar)
I have the ring - I used to download the data from the device to the desktop app using the included UART USB cable (it's not a standard USB cable) which gives you a visualization of the data. You can choose to export to CSV which includes 4 second interval snapshots like so: Thanks, do have any ide...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ? on Wellue Rings (or similar)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2018
? on Wellue Rings (or similar)
Any users out there, do you see an association between your oximeter and breathing events (apneas, hypopneas)? Do the rings record saturation levels every second, or is the recorded data the average of the past several seconds? Marketing/sales information seems somewhat fuzzy on these details, so pe...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:22 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Curious what folks think about this article
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2681
Re: Curious what folks think about this article
I think it proves a thought I have had for over 40 years about doctors....just because you got fancy letters after your name doesn't mean you can't be a friggin idiot. A similar article published by sleep science is also food for thought: The most important shortcoming of AHI is that it indicates t...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:57 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Fear around new sleep study...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3622
Re: Fear around new sleep study...
If you don’t mind my asking what equipment are you using for your home sleep study? Is there some difference in equipment between the first night and the second? PS, I’ve long felt that a single night snapshot study is not really adequate to characterize someone’s sleep, we all have the occasional r...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Fear around new sleep study...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3622
Re: Fear around new sleep study...
Best of Luck to you, Merry Christmas
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Fear around new sleep study...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3622
Re: Fear around new sleep study...
Yes Rodger, it makes sense to attempt to get updated. HOWEVER, if you are getting a home study - that's one thing. if you are getting an in-lab observed study that's another. (I know of no in-home titration study) If this is at home you can decide to call a halt to the study anytime you want. If you...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Urgent Mask Leaking Help
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12050
Re: Urgent Mask Leaking Help
Yep, but for an inexpensive Oximeter. It’s hard to beat. Some day the Oscar folks will figure out how to read the CSV file from this device.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:38 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New user... pls help....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6080
Re: New user... pls help....
OK, that would be pressure rather than airflow.
Do a forum search for "Chipmunk cheeks" - it's a well know condition
Do a forum search for "Chipmunk cheeks" - it's a well know condition
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:30 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New user... pls help....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6080
Re: New user... pls help....
You said "like a tornado going on in my nose and face".
Is this "tornado" inside your mask or outside ? (Tornado seems to imply a high flow rather than a high pressure)
Is this "tornado" inside your mask or outside ? (Tornado seems to imply a high flow rather than a high pressure)
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Full face mask valve issue
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2415
Re: Full face mask valve issue
Perhaps Z's confusion is somewhat along the lines of 'what is open and what is shut' At least for my FFM masks the AA valves are open to allow air to pass through the valve assembly to the mask cushion when the machine is providing air. BUT, the little silicone leafs simultanously close the ports t...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:11 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Urgent Mask Leaking Help
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12050
Re: Urgent Mask Leaking Help
My doctor recommended the EMAY brand, as this is what is what is used in his office. I purchased the EMO-80 for about 40 bucks a year ago. What I like about the most is that it takes readings each second and records them for display the next morning. You can even export the data to see the second by...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Switching from APAP to CPAP
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9714
Re: Switching from APAP to CPAP
RE: "APAP changes pressure adjusting to your sleeping position."
Is it also reported in a secret OSCAR file?
Pray tell how does the APAP machine measure sleeping position ?
Is it also reported in a secret OSCAR file?