AHI 0.0 : A first on my Intellipap AutoAdjust

[Emilia]

Last night was the first time ever I had a reading of 0.00 for my AHI! I have 0.5 fairly often, and my lowest before this was 0.3....so I was quite surprised to see the 0.00 this morning. Woot!

[redjoe]

Cool!

[jmcanzo]

You may be the first! My lowest has been 0.07

[Slartybartfast]

That's impressive. I've done that many times on my S9 Autoset, but not yet on the Intellipap.

[ozze_dollar]

Yes I often get 0.00 on my VPAP ASV but I dont believe it. Even a person with no osa will have some events so how can it be o.oo???

[sister]

Hi, I also have been on cloud 9 today because this morning I got my first AHI 0.00 a green smiley face and I am so happy.I do wonder though why I just can't seem to get my leaks down.they were 44l/m.Is this a terrible leak line on the S9?
I just got my S9 a couple of weeks ago,never got my AHI any lower than the 20's and 30's on the S8 that I was using before. What is a normal leak rate on the S9?

[Emilia]

LOL.... well, it only took 18 months for that to happen, and the next morning it was back to an AHI of 1.5 as it was again today. Still great, but the 0.0 (an unrealistic happening for most folks) was just a very cool, but rare event.

[Pugsy]

wonder though why I just can't seem to get my leaks down.they were 44l/m.Is this a terrible leak line on the S9?
I just got my S9 a couple of weeks ago,never got my AHI any lower than the 20's and 30's on the S8 that I was using before. What is a normal leak rate on the S9?

ResMed says that they can handle leaks up to 24 L/min. During the time spent in large leak above 24 L/min they say that therapy and reporting may be impaired.

[jimnsc]

I might could squeak out a 0.0 if I only slept an hour and turned it off . lol Were you dead tired (just curious)?

[Pugsy]

Congrats on the 0.0 AHI.

In nearly 3 years I have had it once maybe twice. Come close the other night with one lousy hyponea all night.

[Kohkie]

In three and a half months actually got a 0.1 once. Pretty exciting stuff! Love getting 0.anything

[sister]

wonder though why I just can't seem to get my leaks down.they were 44l/m.Is this a terrible leak line on the S9?
I just got my S9 a couple of weeks ago,never got my AHI any lower than the 20's and 30's on the S8 that I was using before. What is a normal leak rate on the S9?

ResMed says that they can handle leaks up to 24 L/min. During the time spent in large leak above 24 L/min they say that therapy and reporting may be impaired.

Hi,I have a question,I don't get up immediately as soon as I wake up and usually the pillows start leaking so after awhile I get up and turn the machine off.
Could this be where my leaks are coming from,early in the morning before I get up and turn the machine off? I don't feel any leaks until then.
Thanks so much.

[Pugsy]

Hi,I have a question,I don't get up immediately as soon as I wake up and usually the pillows start leaking so after awhile I get up and turn the machine off.
Could this be where my leaks are coming from,early in the morning before I get up and turn the machine off? I don't feel any leaks until then.

Could be. All you need to do is look at the software reports and evaluate the leak line.
You can easily see exactly when any leaks occur and how just how much of a leak was present.
If the bulk of the night the leak line is well below the 24 L/min line..and you only see the large spikes right before you get up and turn the machine off, then you will have your answer.
Just like I might see a couple of spikes when I first turn the machine on and I might adjust the nasal pillows a bit by pulling them away from my face to let them inflate better and then replace them into position. It might mess with the overall leak numbers a bit but I don't go so much by the numbers. Instead I just evaluate the leak line itself and I disregard short lived spikes to or above large leak territory.

[sister]

Thanks Pugsy,but you are trying to help someone who is not computer smart,i'm sorry.
When I go into Rescan all I can find is the statistics and the summary grafts.When I click on detailed it says no detailed data available.I don't know a lot about a computer.
But thanks anyway!

[Pugsy]

When I click on detailed it says no detailed data available.I don't know a lot about a computer.
But thanks anyway!

ResScan defaults to download the summery data only. You have to tell it to get all the detailed data as well as the summary stuff. So this has to be chose prior to download itself.

Or use SleepyHead. You may find it easier to manage.

Without seeing the graphs the best you can do is suppose. If your 95% leak number off the LCD screen is below 24 L/min...you are likely okay as far as leaks go for the bulk of the night. If it is above...there are any number of scenarios available.