“Can a respiratory therapist help in treating sleep disorders for my mother?”
My mother has been recently diagnosed with sleep apnea and we have put her on home CPAP machine. Do you think a respiratory therapist will help in improving her condition?
2 Answers
Yes! The sleep study combined with the CPAP machine will help the condition. The role for a Respiratory Therapist would be your home care RT who came to set up the machine. We adjust pressure and read the machine for compliance. If machine is worn correctly and still not helping. Contact your Dr they might need another sleep study or change the settings.
Of course if they are specialized in it. I’m a respiratory therapist but I specialize in pulmonary rehabilitation.
