🥱Still Tired? Your Blood Oxygen Levels Are low!🪫

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Since developing SleepHQ two things have really stood out for me.
1. The Auto Algorithms used to adjust the pressure are really bad and i will be reviewing my therapy advice in the next few weeks regarding this.

2. The AHI is not fit for purpose as a measure of therapeutic efficacy. It's doing more harm than good! The Hypopnea / Apnea flag thresholds are too high and as such too many respiratory events are going unreported. At best the AHI should only be used as a very rough guide. It should never be used as a singular method for reporting.

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00:00 - AHI - Apnea-Hypopnea Index
00:50 - SleepHQ Report
02:30 - Flow Rate
03:20 - Flow Limitation
04:45 - Visualisation
05:55 - Blood Oxygen Results
08:05 - Improved CPAP Settings
08:40 - Improved Blood Oxygen
09:10 - Improved Pulse Rate
09:45 - The Take Home Message

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I'm currently beta testing a new RemSleep 02 Ring app that will enable SleepHQ members to automatically upload their 02 Ring data. The testing is going extremely well and I anticipate this will be available for download August/Sept 2022.

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[graffix]

I can relate to this 100%. I used to go to my sleep doctor and he would say I was doing a great job with using the cpap. I would tell him I was still tired and didn’t feel rested. He would pretend like everything was ok.

[hunched_monk]

Thanks so much Nicko. ResMed should hire you as a consultant to overhaul their practice. This is insane that a user of CPAP is having to change the model from the ground up. Maybe you should design a CPAP/APAP/BiPAP/ASV all-in-one and blow ResMed out of the water.

[mltamarlin]

This is so Thank you! My doctor knew my oxygen goes low every night, but only cared about AHI !

[toby]

I have been on cpap for 5 weeks and im still exhausted all the time
My therapist is happy with my results

[lisazimmer]

This is definitely happening to me. Is auto enough to stop my oxygen from dropping and my heart rate going up and feeling exhausted still.

[onlyiwilknow]

I bought one and was shocked to see how low my Oxygen levels drop while sleeping.
Can't wait to incorporate that with my SleepHQ stats

[gaoutdooradventures]

I am a brand new CPAP user after discovering that I had 294 AHI events in a 7 hour sleep study test period. I am now on a ResMed Autosense 11 and I'm trying to learn all I can about this condition (just FYI, my sleep disorder doc and team are awesome.) I have to say that your information is INVALUABLE!!! Thank you SO much for putting this info out there. All the best!

[charleszacharybennett]

Thank you so much for your content!!!! Your channel has been a life saver. I received the new Res med 11 a week ago, after being on an old Phillips for nearly 8 years. I have had to try to adjust the Res med 11 nearly every night to figure this out on my own as my Nurse Practitioner had it set on 6 and it is hard to get ahold of her. Tried that one night and felt horrible. I watched your video on 5 of you reviewing someone's data and used your suggestions for them to put mine on auto, limit the variations and raise the pressure. I used 10-13. I also had to change mask back to my regular nasal mask as the nasal pillow was oddly causing slight nose bleeds. Changed the setting on machine to nasal mask as well. I am still a bit tired so I'm concerned about my blood oxygen levels and can't afford the magic ring and not sure my California state insurance will pay for that. All in all I just wanted to say thank you for putting out this so important information. If the people from my sleep lab know of all of this, they are sure not telling me about it and I'm not even sure that the data they gathered from my last two sleep studies were accurate. All the more reason to be grateful for you and your content here. Much gratitude!!!

[eddiem]

I've just hit my five year mark for my AirSense 10 and found your channel while researching the AirSense 11. I spoke with my sleep doctor today and mentioned that I'm not feeling that great and I couldn't understand why because the MyAir app shows that I'm consistently hitting 100. After watching your videos, I'm now inclined to review my own data and see what is going on. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. Looking forward to analyzing my data on Sleep HQ!

[candacenagle]

I started monitoring my blood 02 prior to using the cpap. The 0x ring was how I figured out I had sleep apnea. So I have been confused about the AHI and why it would be important to monitor if my 02 sats are dramatically improved. I went from continuously dropping into the 80'-70's to maintaining even between 95-97 all night. HR dropped as well. It is a great tool. My AHI is always between 2-4. I put the ring on my cousin the other night. She has been on cpap for 5 years. Her 02 sats were horrible! So now she has that info and can go back to the doctor for a increasing her pressure. Thanks for bringing this to light for clarification! I also find the need to monitor times I took the mask off very irritating...of course need to go to the bathroom and/or let a cat out or whatever...geez....

[spencerhill]

Looking forward to integrating this data! I have a feeling that my O2 sats are dropping as all my other numbers appear good but I still feel tired. Awesome work uncle nicko!

[lucdelhaize]

Hey Nicko, that was a very good presentation and explanation so thanks for that. I came to the same conclusion myself about a year ago that AHI and in particular myAir was quite meaningless and stopped monitoring those. Instead I got the O2 ring and nightly monitor my pO2 levels which I figured is what my body is actually experiencing. This data also impressed my Cardiologist who was enthusiastic in his support.

[db]

I really appreciate these videos. I still don't understand most of it, but each video gives me a little more information that starts to sink in to this 69 year old head. I have tried quite a few different headgear and mask since the end of Feb. and think I finally found the right one. Some days I'm more tired than others. I have signed up for Sleep HQ and have uploaded my info. I am still trying to understand it all, little by little it will start making more sense to me. Thank you for all the information you are sharing with us.

[jeanettemcdonald]

Woo Hoo, thanks again Nicko, great vid. I have ordered my O2 ring today. Have a suspicion that my O2 sat is too low. Have needed oxygen at night during last few hospital admissions. Can't afford to knock off any more brain cells at my age. Cheers Jeanette.

[photosimonson]

dude you're a freakin legend, cheers from California

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[johnbroadbent]

I been getting "good results" under 6, but still feeling tired. Not as tired as tired as I used to be, it used to be easy to doze off whilst waiting at the traffic lights. I don't doze off any more, just feel a bit tired.
This oxygen level sounds interesting, and when you think about it, it makes sense. Thanks for the update and looking forward to seeing this integrated onto SleepHQ.

[tammymartin]

This is fantastic information that I wish our doctors provided to us. I'm going to share it with mine, for better or worse.
My ring is arriving so I'm excited to see that integration into sleep hq. You're so informative. No one else helps us like you do!!

[elwelldavid]

As always, a brilliant video that explains a critical aspect of measuring treatment more effectively and something most of us haven't given any thought to. I am better educated for the time and effort you've put into preparing and delivering an easily understood explanation of blood oxygen levels. Thanks for posting!!

[nytess]

This is proof to me that the whole CPAP thing with Drs.and Insurance companies is BS. I wish I knew how to read and use what you got here. Great job!