What will happen if I go for a sleep study?
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Dr. Fred Lin of The Mount Sinai Medical Center answered:If you do a sleep study or polysomnography (PSG) at a sleep center, you will enter the facility in the evening and be connected to monitors after your normal pre-sleep routine. You then go to sleep as if it was a normal night, and when you wake up the next morning, you either go home or go to work.
During a sleep study, you will be evaluated by painless, noninvasive technology. PSG records breathing, heart rate, brain waves, oxygen levels and eye and leg movement. After the evaluation, the appropriate therapy is determined.
Hospitalization is not required although the study is done in the hospital; overnight tests are completed by 8 A.M. It is usually not necessary to miss a day of work.
If you do a sleep study or polysomnography (PSG) at a sleep center, you will enter the facility in the evening and be connected to monitors after your normal pre-sleep routine. You then go to sleep as if it was a normal night, and when you wake up... More -
You will be placed in a room. Painless sensor electrodes will be applied to your scalp and face, and a belt will be placed around your chest and abdomen. You will be asked to go to sleep, and the sensors will record your breathing, chest movements, heart rate, blood pressure and eye and brain activity.You will be placed in a room. Painless sensor electrodes will be applied to your scalp and face, and a belt will be placed around your chest and abdomen. You will be asked to go to sleep, and the sensors will record your breathing, chest movements,... More
