Am I mild, moderate or severe?
Am I mild, moderate or severe?
I am just curious as my first study was not done through a sleep doctor and the doctor who read it said I have mild to moderate OSA. My overall AHI at that diagnostic PSG was only 12 but my REM AHI was 33.5. My present doctor noted on her dictated reports that I was severe according to my first PSG. Just curious.
Re: Am I mild, moderate or severe?
anyone know?
Re: Am I mild, moderate or severe?
An AHI of 12 would be considered "Mild", an AHI of 33.5 would be considered "Severe" (30 being the starting point for that category). I think "Moderate" runs from 15 - 30.2girlsmom wrote:anyone know?
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Re: Am I mild, moderate or severe?
2girlsmon,
I found this wording ...
Measurement of these parameters allows diagnosis of the type
of sleep-disordered breathing and its severity. The apnea-hypopnic index
(AHI)-the number of obstructive events per hour-is the most commonly
used measurement to quantify OSA:
mild OSA = 5-15 events/h;
moderate=15 to 30 events/h; and
severe > 30 events/h.
A "negative" polysomnographic study does not exclude mild OSA,however,because there is night-to-night
variability in the frequency of obstructive events
Here ...
http://www.rjmatthewsmd.com/Definitions ... ea%202.htm
But ...
I think that in Aust the levels may be a bit different.
DSM
I found this wording ...
Measurement of these parameters allows diagnosis of the type
of sleep-disordered breathing and its severity. The apnea-hypopnic index
(AHI)-the number of obstructive events per hour-is the most commonly
used measurement to quantify OSA:
mild OSA = 5-15 events/h;
moderate=15 to 30 events/h; and
severe > 30 events/h.
A "negative" polysomnographic study does not exclude mild OSA,however,because there is night-to-night
variability in the frequency of obstructive events
Here ...
http://www.rjmatthewsmd.com/Definitions ... ea%202.htm
But ...
I think that in Aust the levels may be a bit different.
DSM
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Re: Am I mild, moderate or severe?
I know the guidelines but just wondered if they went off my overall ahi of 12 or if the REM ahi was the determing factor since it is in the severe range. Maybe it depends on the doctor as my sleep doc noted I had severe osa....