The Sleep & Wellness Clinic: Evaluation and Testing
The first step in seeking help with a sleep complaint is to discuss it with your family physician or to contact one of our affiliated sleep physicians. Not all complaints require a sleep study. Your sleep specialist will make that decision after a thorough evaluation. If a sleep study is required, you will be referred to the Center for Sleep to schedule your appointment. Testing will generally coincide with your normal sleep hours. The study is a completely non-invasive, painless procedure performed to determine if you have a sleep disorder.
During your sleep study the sleep technologist will closely monitor and record your brain waves, eye movements, muscle activity, breathing patterns, blood oxygen levels, heart rate and rhythm. After the sleep study is completed and “scored”, the sleep physician will review the recording in order to establish a diagnosis and treatment plan, which will be reviewed with you in a follow up visit. |
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