Cpap Machine Usage Report
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Cpap machine usage report. This is a list of report topics generated when using smartcode to track therapy effectiveness on the devilbiss intellipap machines. Here is an example of a cpap compliance report. For those with sleep apnea a cpap machine is often considered the best therapy. Continuous positive airway pressure cpap therapy is a common treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.
The go to treatment a cpap machine offers a healthy restful night s sleep but many people struggle to use it. What are smartcode report definitions. Avi123 wrote i have a resmed machine. A cpap machine uses a hose and mask or nosepiece to deliver constant and steady air pressure.
Device settings allow for 4 or 5 hours with 4 hours being the default setting. Most cpap manufacturers sell software that can turn this data into a report showing how a patient is complying with sleep apnea therapy. The latest cpap machines store a wealth of data on when and how they are used as well as interfaces that allow this data to be downloaded to a computer. 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.
Although products that claim to use ozone gas to clean cpap machine equipment are designed to keep the ozone generated inside the machine and its accessories leaks can occur at tubing connections. An estimated 18 million american adults have sleep apnea. 2 watch brook and becca share their experiences using the myair app. Patients issued a machine with an sd card will have to periodically bring their card into the clinic offering the follow up care periodically.
Determines the minimum amount of time that the patient must use the device in order to be logged as compliant. So i use a resscan software to print out my data thru my laptop and printer. 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.