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Sleep Solutions now with two locations Nassau and Freeport.Sleep Disorders Diagnostic ClinicPh: 225 2683
22/11/2016

Sleep Solutions now with two locations Nassau and Freeport.
Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Clinic
Ph: 225 2683

23/01/2015

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

What is a Sleep Study?Doctors call this study a polysomnogram. It charts your brain waves, heart beat, and breathing as ...
21/04/2014

What is a Sleep Study?

Doctors call this study a polysomnogram. It charts your brain waves, heart beat, and breathing as you sleep. It also records your eye and leg movements as well as muscle tension. Sensors are placed on your head, face, chest and legs. They send tiny electrical signals to a computer.

The signals show when you are asleep and awake during the night. The brain-wave and eye-movement detectors show when you are in REM sleep. This stands for rapid eye movement sleep. This is a stage of sleep where your eyes twitch and your brain waves are very active. It is also the stage of sleep when you have most of your dreams.

The breathing monitors show the number of times you stop breathing. They can also detect low air flow and minor changes in oxygen level.

The leg sensors show both minor twitches and major movements that occur during the night.

A clip will also be placed on your finger to note changes in the level of oxygen in your blood.
The clip monitors the color of your blood. As blood loses oxygen, it turns from red to blue.

Who gets it?

A polysomnogram is often used in the following cases:
To look for sleep-related breathing disorders, such as sleep apnea

To set the correct levels of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with sleep related breathing disorders

To go along with a daytime nap study to see if someone has narcolepsy

To look for behaviors during sleep that can be violent or could be harmful to the patient or others

Your doctor will want to order a polysomnogram if he or she thinks you have any of these problems. You might also have a sleep study if you are already being treated for a sleep disorder but you are not getting better. The sleep study can help your doctor see why the treatment is not working.

Types of Sleep StudiesAs you evaluate your sleep, you may suspect that you have a sleep disorder. A sleep specialist can...
21/04/2014

Types of Sleep Studies

As you evaluate your sleep, you may suspect that you have a sleep disorder. A sleep specialist can confirm if you have made the right conclusion. He or she can make a careful and detailed medical evaluation to find the source of your sleep problem. One of the best tools for detecting a sleep disorder is the sleep study. Sensors are used to monitor how your body acts while you sleep. Charts are made of many physical measurements, including your brain waves, heartbeats and breathing. Your sleep study provides doctors with the data that will help them find the cause of your sleep problem.

CPAP Study

This study is used to set the right air pressure for CPAP therapy in patients with sleep apnea.

Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)

This sleep study is used to measure how alert you are during the day. It shows whether or not you are able to stay awake for a defined period of time.

Nap Study (MSLT)

Doctors call this study a Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). This is mainly used to find out if someone has narcolepsy. It charts how quickly you fall asleep during quiet daytime situations. It also measures how fast you enter the stage
of REM sleep.

Overnight Sleep Study

Doctors call this study a polysomnogram. It is used to help detect a variety of sleep disorders. It is most often used to find out if someone has a sleep related breathing disorder. This group of disorders includes sleep apnea.

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