My Sleep Study: Before and After Specifics

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Hi Mom;

As previously reported, I got the results from my post-surgical sleep study and I am still very happy, excited, and grateful for these amazing results.
However, since then a couple of people have asked me about the specific differences between my pre-surgical sleep study and the post-surgical sleep study, so I thought I'd break it down and show you how "worth it" this whole "Excellent Adventure" was!

The figure on the left represents the before (4/28/08) sleep study, and the one on the right in bold represents the after (8/25/08) sleep study:

Sleep Efficiency Index: 74.2% / 93.3%
Minimum 02 Saturation: 85% / 94.%
RDI: 24.5 events per hour / 4.8 events per hour
Impression: Moderately Sever Obstructive Sleep Apnea / Mild Snoring without significgant OSA.

Sleep Architecture:
# of Stage 1 Shifts: 87 / 25
# of Stage shifts: 208 / 107
# of Awakenings: 77 / 19
# of REM periods: 4 / 4
REM Latency: 66.5 min/ 68.5 min.
REM Latency minus Awake: 43.5 min. / 67.5 min.

Sleep Stages:
Stage 1: 32.1% / 7.9%
Stage 2: 38.2% / 56.7%
Stage 3: 3.2% / 3.2%
Stage 4: 0% / 0%
REM: 26.4% / 32.2%

Apnea Events: Obstructive
Number: 59 / 2
Index: 10.9 / .03
Mean Duration (sec): 27.6 / 11.5
Longest Duration (sec): 49.6 / 13.0
Occur in REM: 0 / 2
Occur in Non-REM: 59 / 0
REM Index: 0.0 / 1.0
Non-REM Index: 14.9 / 0.0

Hypopnea Events: Obstructive
Number: 69 / 29
Index: 12.8 / 4.5
Mean Duration (sec): 25.5 / 16.3
Longest Duration (sec): 50.1 /27.4
Occur in REM: 9 /15
Occur in Non-REM: 60 / 14
REM Index: 6.3 / 7.2
Non-REM Index: 15.1 / 3.2

Respritory Events with Arousals:
Total Events: Index 24.5 Total 132 / Index 4.8 Total 31
Non-REM Events: Index 30.5 Total 121 / Index 3.2 Total 14
REM Events: Index 7.7 Total 11 / Index 8.2 Total 17

Actually, I'm not 100% sure what it all means, but at least I can refer people here if they want to see what the results of my MMA/GA experience was.

Love:
Pinski
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