lazarus wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:34 pm
Without seeing details, and if it were my therapy, my stab in the dark would be maybe to put it in APAP mode and to set the minimum pressure to 9 or so, depending on comfort, and the maximum to 20. Then I would see how that went to tweak from there.
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LindaGinCanada wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:23 pm
The machine was originally set in APAP mode while pressure was determined. Once my supplier determined 11 seemed best it was set that way.
Given what you've told us, and this image, if your pressure was set to fixed 11, and your AHI has shot up, then the minimum APAP pressure should be 11.
the image shows that you're getting many obstructive events at pressures lower than 11.
When I agreed that changing to APAP for a while might help, I meant "give the machine space to give you more pressure, should that be necessary" it didn't mean "put it back in the "searching for the correct pressure mode".
Before your surgery, you were doing fine at a pressure of 11. So that's where I'd set the minimum. No sense in creating a situation where the machine goes through a cycle of "oh, this is an obstructive event, better raise the pressure.. good now we can drop it... oh no! another obstruction" and so on.
If you're back on your side, you may want to return to a fixed pressure of 11. But whether on your side or on your back, I see no reason at all for your minimum APAP pressure to be
less than what worked for you before your surgery.
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