A pressure support methodology and system that utilizes at least two, and possibly all three, of information relating to (i) airway patency, i.e., the degree to which the patient's airway is open, (ii) the primary cause of the current sleep disordered breathing event, and (iii) the patient's respons
A pressure support methodology and system that utilizes at least two, and possibly all three, of information relating to (i) airway patency, i.e., the degree to which the patient's airway is open, (ii) the primary cause of the current sleep disordered breathing event, and (iii) the patient's response to previous pressure changes to automatically titrate pressure when presented with a sleep disordered breathing event. In another embodiment, pressure may be automatically titrated based solely on the primary cause of the sleep disordered breathing event.
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1. A method of providing pressure support to a patient, comprising: detecting an occurrence of a sleep disordered breathing event in the patient; andin response to the detecting, titrating a pressure of a flow of gas provided to the patient based (i) on a determined patency of an airway of the patie
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A method of providing pressure support to a patient, comprising: detecting an occurrence of a sleep disordered breathing event in the patient; andin response to the detecting, titrating a pressure of a flow of gas provided to the patient based (i) on a determined patency of an airway of the patient, the patency being determined (a) by: providing a test pressure titration to the patient over a first time period;measuring a flow response to the test pressure titration over the first time period; andcomparing a first volume of the flow response to a first volume threshold,or (b) by: calculating a maximum pressure support (PS) pressure by subtracting an effective expiratory pressure preceding a timed breath from a maximum pressure achieved by the patient within a second time period; andcomparing a second volume of the gas flow of the patient over the timed breath of over the second time period to a second volume threshold that is a function of the maximum PD pressure and the second time period,and (ii) on: (a) a determined cause of the sleep disordered breathing event, and/or(b) a determined responsiveness of the patient to previous pressure changes in the flow of gas provided to the patient. 2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising, in response to the detecting, determining the determined patency of the airway of the patient by: providing the test pressure titration with an independently-controlled amplitude to the patient,computing the first volume of the flow response to the test pressure titration,comparing the first volume to the first volume threshold that is determined by the amplitude of the test pressure titration, anddetermining whether the airway is closed based on the comparison. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cause is determined based on: a time at which the sleep disordered breathing event occurred relative to a course of a night slept by the patient,a frequency at which the sleep disordered breathing event is occurring, and/oran irregular timing of the sleep disordered breathing event that is gradually entered and abruptly exited. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the responsiveness is determined based on successive occurrences of the sleep disordered breathing event notwithstanding the previous pressure changes resulting in a pressure of the flow of gas that reaches or breaches a pressure threshold relative to the pressure at which the sleep disordered breathing event is detected and based on the sleep disordered breathing event down-converting in response to the previous pressure changes where the pressure of the flow of gas did not reach or breach the pressure threshold. 5. A method of providing pressure support to a patient, comprising: detecting an occurrence of a sleep disordered breathing event in the patient; andin response to the detecting, titrating a pressure of a flow of gas provided to the patient based (i) on: a determined cause of the sleep disordered breathing event, the cause being determined based on: a time at which the sleep disordered breathing event occurred relative to a course of a night slept by the patient,a frequency at which the sleep disordered breathing event is occurring, and/oran irregular timing of the sleep disordered breathing event that is gradually entered and abruptly exited,and (ii) on: (a) a determined patency of an airway of the patient, and/or(b) a determined responsiveness of the patient to previous pressure changes in the flow of gas provided to the patient. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the patency is determined (a) by: providing a test pressure titration to the patient over a first time period;measuring a flow response to the test pressure titration over the first time period; andcomparing a first volume of the flow response to a first volume threshold,or (b) by: calculating a maximum pressure support (PS) pressure by subtracting an effective expiratory pressure preceding a timed breath from a maximum pressure achieved by the patient within a second time period; andcomparing a second volume of the gas flow of the patient over the timed breath or over the second time period to a second volume threshold that is a function of the maximum PS pressure and the second time period. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the responsiveness is determined based on successive occurrences of the sleep disordered breathing event notwithstanding the previous pressure changes resulting in a pressure of the flow of gas that reaches or breaches a pressure threshold relative to the pressure at which the sleep disordered breathing event is detected and based on the sleep disordered breathing event down-converting in response to the previous pressure changes where the pressure of the flow of gas did not reach or breach the pressure threshold. 8. A method of providing pressure support to a patient, comprising: detecting an occurrence of a sleep disordered breathing event in the patient; andin response to the detecting, titrating a pressure of a flow of gas provided to the patient based (i) on: a determined responsiveness of the patient to previous pressure changes in the flow of gas provided to the patient, the responsiveness being determined based on successive occurrences of the sleep disordered breathing event notwithstanding the previous pressure changes resulting in a pressure of the flow of gas that reaches or breaches a pressure threshold relative to the pressure at which the sleep disordered breathing event is detected and based on the sleep disordered breathing event down-converting in response to the previous pressure changes where the pressure of the flow of gas did not reach or breach the pressure threshold,and (ii) on: (a) a determined patency of an airway of the patient, and/or(b) a determined cause of the sleep disordered breathing event. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the patency is determined (a) by: providing a test pressure titration to the patient over a first time period;measuring a flow response to the test pressure titration over the first time period; andcomparing a first volume of the flow response to a first volume threshold,or (b) by: calculating a maximum pressure support (PS) pressure by subtracting an effective expiratory pressure preceding a timed breath from a maximum pressure achieved by the patient within a second time period; andcomparing a second volume of the gas flow of the patient over the timed breath or over the second time period to a second volume threshold that is a function of the maximum PS pressure and the second time period. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the cause is determined based on: a time at which the sleep disordered breathing event occurred relative to a course of a night slept by the patient,a frequency at which the sleep disordered breathing event is occurring, and/oran irregular timing of the sleep disordered breathing event that is gradually entered and abruptly exited.
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