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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2911451" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>as a clarification about differences between central sleep apnea vs obstructive sleep apnea .. both reduces and/or stops airflow .. difference is how apnea occurs.</p><p></p><p>a sleep lab will use an air flow sensor to determine when air flow reduces/stops .. a chest senor monitors expansion when lungs are trying to move. if say air flow sensor indicates air flow has stopped without chest movement .. this indicates central sleep apnea or a lack of signal from brain to breathe.</p><p></p><p>if say air flow stops with chest movement indicating lungs are trying to fill but cannot. this indicates obstructive sleep apnea</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">a Pulse Oximeter or Blood Oxygen Monitor will track O2 levels. the sleep technician titrates air pressure levels until number of apneas hopefully goes close to zero. under 6 apnea events per hour is considered normal range. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">bipap or bilevel machines that treats central sleep apnea acts like a ventilator, takes over breathing cycles and are very different from normal cpap and bipap machines. advanced ASV (central sleep apnea) machines are much more expensive and are NOT needed or desired to treat obstructive sleep apnea. this definitely a case where the more expensive machine is NOT better. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 9px">latest autoset cpap/bipap with auto titration and data tracking are hands down superior vs straight cpap/bipap where pressure(s) are set and doesn't change. note sleep lab will determine parameters autoset cpap/bipap will operate at. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">confused ... don't feel like the lone ranger ... there's a slew of different model/mfg for cpap/bipap out there .. with trademarks keeping everyone from using same terms. for instance bipap is a registered trademark, bilevel is the actual technical term. </span></p><p></p><p>below are highly recommended models from Resmed for three different types of machines. I'm only showing autoset models which should be a first choice if budget allows. note Airsense 10 acts like a bipap limited to 3 cm pressure difference between inhale and exhale even thought it's considered a cpap. all three operate so quiet you can barely hear them (26 db)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/airsense-10-autoset.html" target="_blank">Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset (CPAP) </a></p><p><a href="http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/aircurve-10-vauto.html" target="_blank">Resmed Aircurve 10 Vauto (BIPAP)</a></p><p><a href="http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/aircurve-10-asv.html" target="_blank">Resmed Aircurve 10 ASV (BIPAP for Central Sleep Apnea)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2911451, member: 7629"] as a clarification about differences between central sleep apnea vs obstructive sleep apnea .. both reduces and/or stops airflow .. difference is how apnea occurs. a sleep lab will use an air flow sensor to determine when air flow reduces/stops .. a chest senor monitors expansion when lungs are trying to move. if say air flow sensor indicates air flow has stopped without chest movement .. this indicates central sleep apnea or a lack of signal from brain to breathe. if say air flow stops with chest movement indicating lungs are trying to fill but cannot. this indicates obstructive sleep apnea [SIZE=1]a Pulse Oximeter or Blood Oxygen Monitor will track O2 levels. the sleep technician titrates air pressure levels until number of apneas hopefully goes close to zero. under 6 apnea events per hour is considered normal range. [/SIZE] [SIZE=1]bipap or bilevel machines that treats central sleep apnea acts like a ventilator, takes over breathing cycles and are very different from normal cpap and bipap machines. advanced ASV (central sleep apnea) machines are much more expensive and are NOT needed or desired to treat obstructive sleep apnea. this definitely a case where the more expensive machine is NOT better. latest autoset cpap/bipap with auto titration and data tracking are hands down superior vs straight cpap/bipap where pressure(s) are set and doesn't change. note sleep lab will determine parameters autoset cpap/bipap will operate at. [/SIZE] [SIZE=1]confused ... don't feel like the lone ranger ... there's a slew of different model/mfg for cpap/bipap out there .. with trademarks keeping everyone from using same terms. for instance bipap is a registered trademark, bilevel is the actual technical term. [/SIZE] below are highly recommended models from Resmed for three different types of machines. I'm only showing autoset models which should be a first choice if budget allows. note Airsense 10 acts like a bipap limited to 3 cm pressure difference between inhale and exhale even thought it's considered a cpap. all three operate so quiet you can barely hear them (26 db) [URL='http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/airsense-10-autoset.html']Resmed Airsense 10 Autoset (CPAP) [/URL] [URL='http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/aircurve-10-vauto.html']Resmed Aircurve 10 Vauto (BIPAP)[/URL] [URL='http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/products/devices/aircurve-10-asv.html']Resmed Aircurve 10 ASV (BIPAP for Central Sleep Apnea)[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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