What to know about CPAP machines?

Posted by walk4life @walk4life, Jan 17 11:02am

I was recently diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I had no idea that i had this. I am in a covid research study and one of the tests was a home sleep study. It showed a possibility of sleep apnea. When i showed the doctor my report, he referred me to a pulmonology specialist who after my first visit ordered a sleep study. I did that last week and it showed severe sleep apnea! They have now scheduled me for a sleep study titration with the CPAP. What should i know or be asking about for this? This is all new and unexpected for me.Thanks

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gloaming | @gloaming | Feb 19 3:19am

The science behind treating apnea is well established and sound. The problem with the Phillips Dreamstation machines is that they have a defective component, specifically some soft cell foam that is of poor quality. That's a QA issue, not a treatment or science, or engineering, issue. And Phillips is going to pay through the nose for their oversight and poor leadership in that division. I wouldn't be surprised if they're nudge out of the market entirely. Meanwhile, my own ResMed, now the second one after five years with an AS-10 Elite, works like a hot damn. I'm well treated, I feel better, my heart has settled, and I sleep better. I don't know what's shaky about that.