Cpap Machine Usage Report
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Cpap machine usage report. Avi123 wrote i have a resmed machine. Myair is an online support program and app that automatically sends data from your airsense 10 or aircurve 10 machine to your computer or mobile phone in the form of a sleep score. Most cpap manufacturers sell software that can turn this data into a report showing how a patient is complying with sleep apnea therapy. The go to treatment a cpap machine offers a healthy restful night s sleep but many people struggle to use it.
Continuous positive airway pressure cpap therapy is a common treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. What are smartcode report definitions. Here is an example of a cpap compliance report. Most cpap devices have a slot in the machine allowing for either an sd card to capture data or a remote wireless device that uploads data to a cloud based system.
Consumer reports offers advice on how to navigate this sometimes challenging treatment. So i use a resscan software to print out my data thru my laptop and printer. Device settings allow for 4 or 5 hours with 4 hours being the default setting. This is from the user drivers pap memory chip usually an sd type card they can produce or report from or their cpap machine vendor can get it for them to present to their doctors or a code generated from the machine they can input online to generate the report.
A cpap machine uses a hose and mask or nosepiece to deliver constant and steady air pressure. Patients issued a machine with an sd card will have to periodically bring their card into the clinic offering the follow up care periodically. Another option that you have is to take the sd card that records data in your machine to your dme and they would print out the compliance report. 2 watch brook and becca share their experiences using the myair app.
Common problems with cpap include a leaky mask trouble falling asleep stuffy nose and a dry mouth. This is a list of report topics generated when using smartcode to track therapy effectiveness on the devilbiss intellipap machines. An estimated 18 million american adults have sleep apnea. For those with sleep apnea a cpap machine is often considered the best therapy.