CPAP
CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) treats sleep apnea but fit matters: mask leaks, pressure settings, AHI numbers, and real user field notes here.
GLP-1 Therapy, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and the Denominator Nobody Quotes
On a Tuesday in March I strapped a type 3 home sleep test to my own chest — nasal cannula, thoracic belt, finger oximeter — the same kit I hand patients with a laminated card. I wanted one number.
The 75% Problem: ResMed Inc. Financial Performance and the Number Underneath It
Seventy-five percent. More precisely, 75.2% — the share of patients who cleared a Medicare-style adherence bar in their first 90 days on positive airway pressure therapy, measured across 2,620,435…
The Hardest Part of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Starts After the Diagnosis
The report says 34. Thirty-four times an hour, averaged across a night you have no memory of, your throat closed and your brain surfaced just far enough to open it again.
Sleep Apnea Treatment Alternatives: The Genio Implant and the Thin History Under the Mask
The number you'll hear is that CPAP works in about 95 percent of people with obstructive sleep apnea. The figure is real and close to useless, because it measures a machine rather than a person.
Fourteen Months, Two Home Tests, and a Coffee Log: My Own Sleep Apnea Treatment Experiment
My CPAP ran on 17 nights out of 77. I have the compliance report from the equipment supplier, and the gaps in it are not ambiguous — a wall of grey with a few blue stripes bunched near the beginning…
The Four-Hour Rule: What Medicare's Threshold Gets Wrong About CPAP Therapy and Adherence
Four hours a night, on 70% of nights, inside a consecutive thirty-day window somewhere in the first ninety days.