{"id":27,"date":"2025-04-25T20:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-04-25T20:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:15:03","slug":"in-lab-sleep-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"In-Lab Sleep Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An in-lab sleep study, also known as polysomnography, is\u00a0an overnight test performed in a specialized sleep laboratory where a technician monitors your sleep patterns and body functions.\u00a0It helps diagnose sleep disorders by recording brain waves, heart rate, breathing patterns, and muscle activity during sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> The primary goal of an in-lab sleep study is to identify and diagnose various sleep disorders, such as\u00a0sleep apnea,\u00a0narcolepsy,\u00a0and others.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Procedure:<\/strong> During the study, a sleep technologist attaches sensors to your body, including the head, chest, and limbs, to record different body functions.\u00a0You will spend the night in a comfortable room within the sleep lab, and the technologist will monitor your sleep in a separate room.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Measurements:<\/strong> The study typically measures various parameters, including brain activity (using an\u00a0electroencephalogram,\u00a0or EEG), heart rate\u00a0(electrocardiogram,\u00a0or ECG), breathing patterns, eye movements\u00a0(electro-oculogram,\u00a0or EOG), and muscle activity\u00a0(electromyogram,\u00a0or EMG).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Results:<\/strong> In-lab sleep studies collect large amounts of data. The technologist collecting the data will start marking some of the &#8220;events&#8221; during the night. The study is then forwarded to 1 or 2 two technologists that will get the data ready for final interpretations. Most sleep studies collect between 800 and 1000 EPOCHs, or pages, or data. After the data is scored, a sleep specialist will review the collected data to determine your sleep patterns and identify any potential sleep disorders.\u00a0A final report is usually generated within 2 weeks of completing the test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow-up after a sleep study:<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If your test was ordered directly by your primary care doctor or another specialist, the final report will be sent back to the ordering provider. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your test was ordered by a sleep medicine provider from Keldik Sleep Medicine Clinic, our staff will contact you. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most test reports are very complex and require a follow up visit to review potential treatment options and future evaluations. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some tests are very simple and can be reviewed over the telephone. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An in-lab sleep study, also known as polysomnography, is\u00a0an overnight test performed in a specialized sleep laboratory where a technician monitors your sleep patterns and body functions.\u00a0It helps diagnose sleep disorders by recording brain waves, heart rate, breathing patterns, and muscle activity during sleep.\u00a0 Follow-up after a sleep study:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keldik.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}