RERAs apply in determining RDI. Do 'arousals' or 'micro-awakenings' apply as well in computing RDI?
What is the distinction between them- that one requires respiratory effort and the other does not?
My limited reading on the subject indicates that 'arousals' as to persons 50-60 years of age are considered 'normal' at 20-22/hr.
Thus, arousals appear normal up to 22/hr but what is the story with RERA? RERA must be some kind of event that matters, whereas 'arousals' ???
RERA vs. AROUSALS
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Re: RERA vs. AROUSALS
I may be wrong, but I understand that RERA (was it Respiratory Effort Related Arousal)? is breathing-related arousal. RERAs are subset of arousals.
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Re: RERA vs. AROUSALS
Here is an interesting study about arousals and heart rate.
[url]http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29393[/url
[url]http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29393[/url
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Re: RERA vs. AROUSALS
RERAs have to last a certain amount of time to be counted in RDI. There is a tendency for women to have this and hypopneas rather than apeas. As a result, many women with OSA don't qualify for machines because Medicare only considers AHI and many insurance companies follow that lead. I barely qualified myself, although my oxygen level would have qualified me for an exception due to another health issue.
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