, compression fracture of vertebra, bad pain. Hypercapnia. Shortness of breath increased recently, has been on ... View answer

COPD , atrial fibrillation , "severe" pulmonary hypertension , severe hypercapnia and fluid overload ... realistic hope that this new breathing machine (a step above a bipap) will improve his breathing to... View answer

I have stopped-up ears (like when you go swimming). I use a BiPAP machine when I sleep and it makes my head congested. ... View answer

My wife started using a Bipap machine this summer. After a few weeks she had lost almost all of her hearing (we put tubes in her ears it didn t help). Due to certain medical conditions she has been off the ... View answer

I have had a vinegar smell from my urine from my bowel movements on my hands its in my bipap mask its everywhere. Is this a sign of infection or is it something I should just deal with. it's terrible ... View answer

My mother has been suffering from COPD for over 8 years. Her lung function has been described as very poor (only 10 percent) She has now developed hypercapnia PCO2 of 90 and an oxygen saturation of ... View answer

another transplant which is impossible to do with his hypercapnia. His other symptoms include ventilator ... View answer

improving, her cognition has improved, her blood gases show normoxemia with permissible hypercapnia (50-60 ... torr and she had to be put on BIPAP. Her counts at admission to the Respiratory ICU were 18, 800... View answer

I am suffering with breathing problem and oxigen level is 87 doctors sujjested external oxigen concentrater and bipap at night sleeping time. but bipap is getting irritation without bipap iam... View answer

cannula, her O2 sats are 90-98 /1L. but im supposed to use bipap at night and she is often 87- 89%/5L for awhile then 90-96/3L in a few hours is something wrong with the bipap? ... View answer