Tweak Your Gear Week 2: Tweak Your Gear and Environment How you set up your gear and your bedroom environment can be the difference between a comfortable night and a frustrating one. Try the ramp feature . Most CPAP machines have a “ramp” feature, which allows the machine to start at a lower air pressure and gradually increase, instead of jumping straight to full pressure. “Some people need higher CPAP pressures to adequately keep their airway open, but starting the night at high pressure can feel jarring,” says Swetha Gogineni, MD , a pulmonologist at UCLA Health in Los Angeles. Bryan Foley, a clinical coordinator at the MUSC Sleep Center...
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