Our Sleep Disorders Center is available several nights a week. Stay overnight in a comfortable room where our technician will monitor your heart rhythm, brainwaves and airflow. We will then send a full report, with our physician's interpretation, to your referring or primary care physician within 48 to 72 hours. For more information on our Sleep Disorder Center, please call (718) 818-SNOR (718-818-7667).
About the Center
Our sleep professionals utilize state-of-the-art equipment for diagnostic testing of patients with, or suspected of having, sleep disorders. The Sleep Disorder Center is fully equipped to educate and diagnose sleep disorders. Sleep studies provide information useful in uncovering hidden health issues such as:
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Narcolepsy
- Periodic Limb Movements
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- REM Behavior Disorder
- Bruxism
- Parasomnias (Sleepwalking) and other sleep disturbances
What is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Apnea is a condition where you stop breathing during your sleep. This can occur from 5-100 times per hour. This may result in dropping oxygen levels, forcing the heart to work harder, which may lead to high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack or abnormal heart rhythms.
Sleep Apnea
- Two common types – Obstructive and Central
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea or OSA occurs when the tissue in the back of the throat collapses and partially or completely blocks the airway during sleep. When this happens, air cannot get into the lungs. This is a very common sleep disorder and happens because the muscles inside the throat relax as you sleep. Blockage of the airway can happen from a few times a night to several hundred times per night.
- Central Sleep Apnea, or CSA, occurs when the brain fails to tell the lungs to breathe during sleep. When the signal is lost, the lungs do not permit the entry of oxygen. CSA is less common the OSA.
- Untreated Sleep Apnea increases risk of and may contribute to hypertension, stroke, heart attack, heart disease, abnormal heart rhythms and decreased oxygen levels during sleep.
Untreated Sleep Apnea also increases the risk for serious motor vehicle and workplace accidents.