Table 4 Minute-ventilation mean/medians for adaptive servo-ventilation treatment according to k-means clusters and device type

Philips Respironics®

n = 68

n = 12

n = 30

n = 13

n = 7

n = 6

0.002

Mean MV (l/min)*

7.95

7.85 ⁱ

8.30 ^b

7.90

6.20 ^{b, d}

10.45 ^{d, i}

ASV flow-monitored devices.

[7.20–9.30]

[6.65–8.25]

[7.30–9.30]

[7.30–8.90]

[5.30–7.80]

[9.90–11.20]

(4.90–14.80)

(5.10–10.80)

(6.40–11.70)

(5.80–14.80)

(4.90–7.80)

(8.30–11.30)

ResMed®

n = 107

n = 39

n = 28

n = 20

n = 13

n = 7

< 0.001

Median MV (l/min)*

6.90

7.30 ^a

6.85 ^b

7.00 ^c

5.50 ^{a, b, c}

6.60

ASV volume-monitored devices.

[6.00–7.80]

[6.60–8.30]

[6.35–7.65]

[6.00–7.45]

[5.00–5.90]

[5.10–7.80]

(2.50–11.40)

(5.40–10.30)

(2.50–11.40)

(4.60–10.60)

(3.60–6.90)

(3.80–9.80)