Stoaty

Thanks for the article, very interesting. Yes, I am definitely interested in how you have set up your machine.

Thanks for detailed reply. Yes, results are from the sleep report on the AirSense machine. I am a physician so technical manual is great. I already downloaded SleepyHead, but I don't have an SD card in my machine. Resmed says to only use theirs for "safety". Should I buy one from them or just get one? If not using theirs is there a safe card to use? I am setting up the machine myself. Got through Apria Healthcare (they contract with Kaiser, my insurance). If I understand you correctly the CPAP is taking care of obstructive sleep apnea but possibly causing central sleep apnea?

What does the Leak number mean? A leak in the machine, a leak in the mask seal or air leaking out of my mouth? I tend to be a mouth breather.

1) I don't have the sleep study report, just got the numbers verbally from the respiratory therapist. Sounds like I need to get the report.

2) Test machine was ResMed Airsense 10. I think it was AutoSet but not sure.

3) The machine I got for daily use and used last night is AirSense 10 AutoSet. Set pressures are 4 to 20.

I was tested for sleep apnea at home and had the following results:

Sleeping on left side - 2 AHI Sleeping on right side - 16 AHI Sleeping on back - 56 AHI

Average for night - 6.7 AHI

I got a test machine and using nasal mask average over 2 nights was about 2.5 AHI (and felt better the following days).

Just got Resmed Airsense 10 and used with nasal pillow for first night. Here are my results:

Total Time - 7:37 Events per hour - 16.5 Seal - Good Humidifier - Good Pressure 8.3 Leak - 5 L/min AHI - 16.5 Total AI - 15.4 Central 15.2

I have no idea what these figures mean except that the AHI was far worse than when I did the sleep study. Any help appreciated.