Pulmonary Services
Sleep Studies
Good Morning! This is your wake-up call. The time is 6:50 a.m.
Do you ever receive a wake-up call or hear the alarm long before you are ready to rise and shine? Or have you experienced a fitful night's sleep only to awake and realize that you kept your family up all night because of your heavy snoring? You aren't alone. Approximately 33 percent of the general population has sleep disorders. Insomnia is the most prevalent, followed by sleep apnea.
With Randolph Hospital's Sleep Study Services, we can conduct a sleep study to find out what is keeping you up at night as well as, what is causing you to keep your spouse or family up at night. Our Sleep Lab includes four rooms and operates six days a week to help diagnose any sleep disorders you may have.
A sleep study requires spending a night in our Sleep Lab. The lab is set up like you would envision most bedrooms. It comes equipped with a bed, nightstand, telephone and television—all the basic comforts of home. Once you get settled in your "new bedroom" you are wired with electrodes measuring everything from leg movement to brain waves. Not too terribly noticeable is a small video camera located in the corner, which operates from an infrared light source. The camera is used to record your every move during sleep, helping physicians determine if a sleep disorder is the culprit of a restless night of sleep.
The study is relatively easy for patients. It requires little effort on your part, except for actually falling asleep. Most studies require only a one-night visit for assessment. Sometimes an additional visit might be required to monitor any new procedures that might have been instituted to help you sleep better. We also offer a daytime study called "Multi Sleep Latency Test" to help with the diagnosis of narcolespsy and daytime sleepiness.
After you have completed your sleep study, a board-certified physician will review your results and will share them with your physician, who will discuss the outcomes with you and work with you to create an individualized care plan to address your needs.
For more information on Sleep Services at Randolph Hospital, please call (336) 629-8836.
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