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The “Split-Night” Sleep Study

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by admin.

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The standard way to diagnose and treat sleep apnea requires two full nights in the sleep lab. The first night is for a diagnostic sleep study. If the sleep specialist diagnoses sleep apnea and prescribes the most common treatment, CPAP , the patient spends a second full night in the sleep lab so that the [...]

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A Visit to a Sleep Center

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by admin.

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Let’s assume that you suspect you may have sleep apnea. Your first contact with a sleep center will probably be something like Mr. Kennedy’s. His wife said, “Honey, please do something about that snoring,” so he made an initial appointment with the sleep specialist at the nearest sleep center. Mrs. Kennedy was asked to come [...]

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The Sleep Center, The Job of the Sleep Technician

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by admin.

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Sleep technicians hook you up to the polysomnography leads, make you comfortable during the night, and monitor both your sleep and the operation of the polysomnograph equipment throughout the night. The accuracy of the results of your sleep test will depend on how carefully the technicians set you up for the test and how carefully [...]

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The Sleep Center, Polysomnography

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by admin.

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Sleep specialists have developed a standard way to record and measure what is going on during a person’s sleep. The procedure that is used for making these recordings is called polysomnography, which means “making multiple sleep recordings.” The electronic apparatus that is used is called (not too surprisingly) a polysomnograph.
If you have ever had an [...]

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