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. 2019 Jun 22;12:100325. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100325

Table 2.

VNS and response to positive airway pressure adjusstmenta

Subject VNS activationa
PAP treatmenta
VNS Amplitude (mA), Frequency (Hz) VNS AHI Non VNS AHI Baseline Non VNS AHI with PAP
1 2 mA, 10 Hz 22.6 27.3 12
1.5 mA, 10 Hz 6.4
1 mA, 10 Hz 1.4
Off 1.3
2 Not titrated 13.8 4
3 2.25 mA, 10 Hz 13.8 0.8 n/a
1.75 mA, 10 Hz 5.9
1.25 mA, 10 Hz 2.4
Off 0
4 1.75 mA, 10 Hz 20 23.5 17.8
1.25 mA, 10 Hz 7.8
Off 0

Abbreviations: VNS: vagus nerve stimulation; PAP; positive airway pressure.

a

VNS titration and PAP treatment were performed on the same sleep studies but sequential in timing.