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BIPAP

Post by Guest » Wed May 02, 2007 11:29 am

Looks like as a result of my new sleep study they want me to move up to a BIPAP machine
.What are your recomendations of one over another

Thanks,
Gary


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Post by cpapernewbie » Wed May 02, 2007 11:32 am

not enough info to provide opinion....

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Post by Garyw » Wed May 02, 2007 5:06 pm

All I know for sure as I have not recieved my copy yet is that I need 17cm. Between 10-15 my O2 levels droped into the 80s I want to say my apneas were approximately 25 per hr all obstructive no centrals. No REM sleep without titration at which time it went up to 20% of the time.


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Post by Wulfman » Wed May 02, 2007 5:54 pm

If you don't have any "special" needs, this would be my recommendation.

https://www.cpap.com/productpage-bundle ... undle.html

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