Table 7.
Ordering Options With Commercially Available Cpap Mask And Auto-Adjusting CPAP
| Generous Options | Limited Options | Minimal Options | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto-Adjusting | Auto-Adjusting | Auto-Adjusting | ||||
| Possible | Cumulative | Possible | Cumulative | Possible | Cumulative | |
| Selections | Options | Selections | Options | Selections | Options | |
| Pressure Options | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Pressure Reduction | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 40 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Mask Types | 64 | 64 | 64 | |||
| 2560 | 512 | 256 | ||||
| Mask Designs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2560 | 512 | 256 | ||||
| Mask Size | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 7680 | 1536 | 768 | ||||
| Heated Humidifier | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 15,360 | 3072 | 1536 | ||||
| Pressure Ramp | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 30,720 | 6144 | 3072 | ||||
| Total Unique Options | 30,720 | 6144 | 3072 | |||
Notes: The possible numbers of unique order options for auto-adjusting CPAP machine therapy calculated using the actual number of masks easily available in the United States are presented. Mask types and designs were consolidated with the number of 64 shown under Mask Types. The three columns show the results based on the author’s selection of a generous, limited, and minimal number of options for each variable. Possible Selections were chosen by the author and are described in the methods.