SLEEP STUDY IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO TEST OUT WHETHER YOU SUFFER FROM SLEEP APNEA. IN ADDITION, THE STUDY WILL ALSO KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS MAY ARISE DURING YOUR SLEEP. THIS WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ALLEVIATES YOUR PROBLEM.

 
SLEEP STUDY IS A MULTI-CHANNEL TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WILL ATTACH A SERIES OF SENSORS TO THE PATIENT’S HEAD, FACE, NECK, CHEST, ABDOMEN, LIMBS AND ETC. AFTER A NIGHT OF RECORDING, THE DATA WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED VIA SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND RECORDED. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO BE NOTED. 
 
SLEEP STUDY IS CONDUCTED IN TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE IS A MULTI-CHANNEL TESTING, WHICH INCLUDES EEG, EOG, ECG AND EMG. HERE, THE MULTI-CHANNEL TESTING REFERS TO THE VARIOUS SENSORS READING A VARIETY OF INFORMATION THROUGH ELECTRODES. THE INFORMATION IS THEN ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED AND RECORDED ON PRECISE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SLEEP PHYSICIAN TO ANALYZE.

 
THIS INCLUDES:
SLEEP STUDY – (1ST PHASE)
1.       EEG – CAN SHOW THE SLEEPING STAGES OF THE PATIENT
2.       ECG – CAN CHECK THE VASCULAR CONDITION DURING SLEEP
3.       EMG – CAN DETECT THE MUSCULAR ACTIVITY DURING SLEEP
4.       EOG – CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THE PATIENT IS IN REM STAGE (ANY DREAMS OCCUR? DREAMS OFTEN OCCUR DURING DEEP SLEEP)
5.       SNORING – SHOWS THE SNORING VOLUME AND TIMES
6.       AIRFLOW OF MOUTH AND NOSE – CHECK THE AMOUNT OF AIR THE PATIENT BREATHES
7.       BREAST AND ABDOMEN CONTRACTION – SHOWS THE BREATHING ACTIVITY OF BREAST AND ABDOMEN
8.       LEG MOVEMENT – SHOWS THE LEG MOVEMENTS DURING SLEEP
9.       SLEEPING POSITION – SHOWS THE SLEEPING POSITION OF THE PATIENT
10.   SPO2 SATURATION – SHOWS THE PULSE OXIMETRY
 
SLEEP STUDY – CPAP SETTING (2ND PHASE)
IF YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEP APNEA AFTER THE SLEEP STUDY (1ST PHASE), YOUR DOCTOR WILL ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOU TO UNDERGO A CPAP SETTING. RESULTS FROM THIS SETTING WILL DETERMINE WHAT PRESSURE YOU SHOULD USE.