Evergreen Medical Center Announces Sleep Lab Services Sleep disorders affect millions of Americans and include a wide range of problems including sleep apnea, sleep walking, insomnia, and narcolepsy. Poor sleep due to a disorder can affect all aspects of a person’s life from work performance to personal relationships. According to the National Sleep Foundation, sleep is essential to helping maintain mood, memory and cognitive performance. Sleep also plays an importance in your physical health. Recent studies show a growing link between sleep disorders and a variety of serious health problems, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. EMC Sleep Lab Nicole Atkins, CRNP of Evergreen Primary Care will initially see patients and develop a full sleep specific History and Physical to determine criteria for testing under the guidance of Dr. Geoffrey Lipscomb, D-ABSM who will interpret tests and serve as the Medical Director for Sleep Services. Patients will be scheduled and tested overnight in the sleep center located inside the Evergreen Medical Center’s Diagnostics Building. About sleep studies Sleep studies are non-invasive painless studies. A Patient will be placed in a comfortable, private room to be studied overnight as they sleep. Trained sleep technicians will attach various sensors to monitor and record what their body does during sleep such as eye movements, snoring, oxygen levels, breathing rate, heart rate and muscle activity during sleep. Tell your doctor Do you snore? Are you excessively tired during waking hours? Have you been told that you stop breathing during sleep? Do you have a history of Hypertension, Diabetes, or Stroke? Are you overweight? Tell your doctor if you answered “yes” to any of these sleep specific questions. Your doctor may want to refer you for sleep services. For more information about the hospital’s sleep lab services or any other services, please call 251-578-2480. evergreenmedical.org
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:24:57 +0000
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