Sleep Lab
An estimated 85 million Americans have trouble falling asleep at night, or suffer from some type of sleep disorder. If you are one of them, Saint Vincent Hospital Sleep Lab can help you get the rest you need.
Sleep disorders include narcolepsy, sleep apnea, excessive daytime sleepiness or snoring. Too much sleep or too little sleep is a very serious problem, but people may improve their patterns with behavioral changes. The Sleep Disorders Lab at Saint Vincent Hospital offers a full range of services designed to evaluate, diagnose, treat and help you manage your sleep disorder.
In order to diagnose your sleep disorder, patients usually spend the night in the hospital's sleep lab, where experienced technologists monitor and record brain waves, muscle activity, respiration and heart rhythms while the patient sleeps. Results of the studies are interpreted by physicians board certified in sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine and otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat specialist).
The most common sleep disorders include:
Sleep disorders can also cause:
Loss of memory; anxiety and depression; disorientation; change in mood; morning headaches; excessive daytime sleepiness; irritability; decreased ability to concentrate and complete a task, etc.
Once the sleep disorder has been diagnosed, most disorders can be managed through a combination of:
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