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It has been said by some that there is a direct relationship between the severity of a person's Sleep Apnea and the pressure required to treat it. These statistics were gathered to test this theory.

As can be seen in the graph charted with the results of this simple study, the relevance of pressure & severity is very minimal.

If you would like to submit your own statistics to add to this study when it is next updated, please email sleepdisorders@softhome.net

RDI
 Average events per hour recorded during sleep study
SEVERITY
 RDI combined with lowest recorded oxygen level during sleep study
PRESSURE
 Current pressure set on CPAP machine




RDI
Low O2
Severity
Pressure
 Comments
1
39.5
84
55.5
7
  
2
64
81
83.0
7
  
3
62
 
84.1
7
 Started at 11cm dropped to 7
4
26
89
37.0
8
 Not effective
5
41
87
54.0
10
  
6
35
80
55.0
10
 has started snoring again
7
159
69
190.0
10
  
8
41
85
56.0
11
  
9
86
73.6
112.4
11
 only partially effective
10
86
69
117.0
11
 Not effective
11
64
74
90.0
11
  
12
34
 
56.1
12
  
13
109
78
131.0
12
 Not currently using CPAP
14
40
 
62.1
13
  
15
96
70
126.0
13
  
16
73
 
95.1
14
  
17
105
73
132.0
14
  
18
86.7
 
108.8
15
  
19
87
74
87.0
15
Dramatically effective! Can only remember sleeping twice without CPAP but one of those times was an emergency. On CPAP 46 months and counting.
20
25
82
25
16
21
64
74
90.0
16
  
22
104
50
154.0
16
  
23
43
60
83.0
18.5
 100% compliant
24
58
62
96.0
20
 20/13 bipap
25
112
82
130.0
20
 60 events after treatment, O2 86%, BiPAP 20/15 (Mixed Apnea)



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