In-Facility Sleep Study

These patients should only have in-lab, monitored sleep studies:

Patients with another significant medical condition including:

1. Congestive heart failure
2. Neuromuscular disease
3. Moderate to severe pulmonary disease-COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease):

Patients suspected to have other sleep disorders such as:

1. Central sleep apnea- disorder when your breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep.
2. Periodic limb movement disorder- Periodic limb movements in sleep are repetitive movements, typically in the lower limbs, that occur in the every 20 to 40 seconds.
3. Insomnia (Latin for “no sleep”)- The inability to fall asleep or stay asleep. It can be acute (temporary- lasting less than 1 month) or chronic- lasting months to years
4. Parasomnia- Refers to all abnormalities that can happen to individuals while sleeping. E/G: sleep-related eating disorder, sleep walking, night terrors, sleep paralysis, sleep aggression.
5. Narcolepsy – A neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness. People with narcolepsy experience excessive daytime sleepiness and intermittent, uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the daytime.
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