bipap

  1. Colleen15

    Bipap question

    I use a non invasive ventilator, like a bipap, with a full mask, only a few hours a day. But either my mask gets loaded with saliva, or my mouth gets soooo dry after an hour. I don’t know how i will be able to use this all night. Does anyone else have these issues? Thank you
  2. lgelb

    BiPAP sales

    I don't usually post about cash DME sales, obviously, but for anyone needing a starter/backup BiPAP, masks, etc. RespShop has a nice CyberMonday sale going on today. SecondWind has some good options as well. Note that these machines will not be portable with batteries, only for somewhere with...
  3. lgelb

    Resource Respiratory testing/support, including BiPAP

    I cut more than I included and omitted the databases I use for suggesting machine volume because they can be misinterpreted if not placed in an individual context. Please ask me in VM, PM, or a thread if you need help with BiPAP (or anything else, of course). Best, Laurie
  4. Tomswife

    Bipap in the hospital

    PALS Tom is in the hospital with pneumonia. This is not unexpected and occurs sometimes in late stage bulbar ALS. What is interesting is the hospital wants him on his home bipap, with home settings..So our daughter went home and got it. I question everything, always learning. The...
  5. M

    BiPap questions

    My BiPap was delivered today. I want to breathe slower than the machine wants me to. Inhaling and exhaling get difficult toward the end. Can one get a longer hose? The space between my side of the bed and the wall is narrow-ish and this means that with the nightstand and then the BiPap, I...
  6. Male heights/target volume

    Male heights/target volume

    For each male height on the left, especially [but not only] if your Vt setting is outside the range shown in the 3 righthand columns, and you are not comfortable on BiPAP, Vt may need adjustment. Other settings may benefit from adjustment as well. PM me.
  7. Female heights/tidal volumes

    Female heights/tidal volumes

    For each female height on the left, especially [but not only] if your Vt setting is outside the range shown in the 3 righthand columns, and you are not comfortable on BiPAP, Vt may need adjustment. Other settings may benefit from adjustment as well. PM me.
  8. B

    Panic attacks

    Hi Everyone, Been a while since my last question. Hoping someone can help us out or guide us. My dad is in the late stages of ALS and is now living in a residence and having multiple panic attacks per day. This has been going on for the last 2 weeks and he is being brought back and forth from...
  9. D

    Repeated denials for in home services

    I’m at my wits end here. PALS has almost no functional movement aside from head/upper torso and a few fingers. He uses his bipap about 20hrs a day. He can be left alone for an hour or so if he’s reading a book on his computer but he can’t move his hands so he’s stuck there if I’m not home...
  10. Kristina1

    having to cough up secretions after lying down

    Lately I have to cough up secretions after laying down with the bipap all night. I am not sick and do not believe im getting sick. Is this because the bipap prevents normal clearing of secretions you might do in your sleep (throat clearing or grunting?). Basically im wondering if bipap is...
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