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If they are doing a new diagnostic study, or the first half of a split night, tthe results can be skewed by the residual effect of using a CPAP. At one point, Stanford advised staying off CPAP for a week prior to the test. Remember, this test is to determine whether or not you have sleep apnea and how severe it is.
In the case of someone who is being retitrated, I don't see that it would make a difference. The fact that you have sleep apnea has already been established. You are merely redetermining pressure settings. However, if the reason for the repeat study is because a patient has lost significant weight, it would make sense to redo the diagnostic part of the study, since the patient might conceivably not need CPAP anymore. If that patient used CPAP right up until the night of the study, it is possible to get a false negative, and think that s/he doesn't need CPAP anymore, when there may still be a need.
I hope that explanation made some sense...
I see the problem. A person whom has not yet been diagnosed with apnea should not have a CPAP machine.
Daniel said:If they are doing a new diagnostic study, or the first half of a split night, tthe results can be skewed by the residual effect of using a CPAP. At one point, Stanford advised staying off CPAP for a week prior to the test. Remember, this test is to determine whether or not you have sleep apnea and how severe it is.
In the case of someone who is being retitrated, I don't see that it would make a difference. The fact that you have sleep apnea has already been established. You are merely redetermining pressure settings. However, if the reason for the repeat study is because a patient has lost significant weight, it would make sense to redo the diagnostic part of the study, since the patient might conceivably not need CPAP anymore. If that patient used CPAP right up until the night of the study, it is possible to get a false negative, and think that s/he doesn't need CPAP anymore, when there may still be a need.
I hope that explanation made some sense...
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