System and method to monitor and titrate treatment for high altitude-induced central sleep apnea (csa)

A method of determining dosage of an altitude-induced Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) treatment for a person, comprising:

• for each of a number of periods of sleep of the person, determining a number of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) severity values, each SDB severity value of the number of SDB severity values being based at least in part upon a corresponding effective altitude value and a corresponding dosage of a CSA treatment;
• for a given effective altitude, determining based at least in part upon at least a subset of the number of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) severity values, a preferred dosage of the CSA treatment at which a likely SDB severity value is no greater than a predetermined SDB severity value;
• and
• generating an output that is based at least in part upon the dosage.

An apparatus structured to determine dosage of an altitude-induced Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) treatment for a person, comprising:

• a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a storage;
• an input apparatus structured to provide a number of input signals to the processor apparatus;
• an output apparatus structured to receive a number of output signals from the processor apparatus;
• and
• the storage having stored therein a number of instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the apparatus to perform a number of operations comprising:
• for each of a number of periods of sleep of the person, determining a number of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) severity values, each SDB severity value of the number of SDB severity values being based at least in part upon a corresponding effective altitude value and a corresponding dosage of a CSA treatment;
• for a given effective altitude, determining based at least in part upon at least a subset of the number of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) severity values, a preferred dosage of the CSA treatment at which a likely SDB severity value is no greater than a predetermined SDB severity value;
• and
• generating an output that is based at least in part upon the dosage.