An in-lab sleep study provides our board-certified sleep medicine physician with the most complete evaluation of your sleep. You will be required to stay overnight at one of our facilities, in a room designed to make you comfortable.
An in-lab sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, records your brain waves, heartbeats and breathing as you sleep. It also charts your eye movements, limb movements and oxygen in your blood. This data will help our doctor make a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan.
Our board-certified sleep medicine physicians may recommend an in-lab sleep study to:
- Test for sleep-related breathing disorders including sleep apnea
- Evaluate behaviors during sleep due to parasomnias
- Diagnose narcolepsy or hypersomnia (excessive sleepiness)
- Titrate or calibrate the levels of continuous positive airway pressure in patients who receive CPAP Therapy for sleep related breathing disorders.
- Determine why treatment for a sleep disorder is not working.
For some patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea, our sleep physician may recommend a home sleep apnea test instead of an in-lab study. A home sleep apnea test uses different equipment that you can set up yourself.
An in-lab sleep study is the way to ensure that you have the proper diagnosis for a sleep disorder. Speak with your health care provider if you think you might need a sleep study.
