What is a Sleep Laboratory?
By taking a break from the daily tasks of the body, which is tired during the day; thanks to its biological and chemical functions during the night, Deconstruction of its physical and mental state is called sleep. Considering that a third of our lives are spent in sleep, it is understandable how important it is. Because the body finds the opportunity to renew itself by resting thanks to sleep.
Sleep disorders, excessive sleeping or inability to sleep at all, disorders that occur during sleep and cause impaired wakefulness functions, and other diseases that affect sleep status constitute the main field of study of sleep medicine. there are more than 80 different sleeping and waking problems. All of these problems negatively affect a person's quality of life by disrupting it. The most common sleeping disorders are:
* Respiratory arrest during sleep (sleep apnea),
* Excessive daytime sleepiness,
• Inability to fall asleep,
* Restless leg syndrome,
* Snoring
* Insomnia due to adjustment disorder
* Learned insomnia
* Sleepwalking
What Diseases Does the Sleep Laboratory Look At?
The problems that need to be evaluated in the sleep laboratory are:
* Snoring
* Shortness of breath during sleep
* Chest pain
* Heart rhythm irregularities that occur at night
* Complaints of insufficient and divided sleep
• Dry mouth
* Neck sweating during sleep at night
* Narcolepsy
* Periodic leg movements that cause daytime fatigue and drowsiness.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
It is one of the most common diseases among sleep disorders. Dec. Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition in which the air flow through the mouth and nose is interrupted, although abdominal and chest respiratory exertion is normal. The patient breathes noisily after the apnea period and starts snoring with a fluttering-like movement.
The most commonly observed symptoms of sleep apnea are:
* Snoring
* Excessive daytime sleepiness
• Atypical chest pain
* Heart problems
* Rhythm disorders in the heart
* Feeling suffocated in sleep
• High blood pressure
* Lung problems
* Headache seen when waking up
* Memory loss and forgetfulness
• Sexual reluctance
* Lung problems
* Decrease in decision-making ability
* Depression and psychosis
• Night sweats
• Dry mouth
• Gastro-esophageal reflux
* Mental and physical depression
Treatment of Sleep Apnea
A multidisciplinary approach style is being determined for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). General treatment methods can be divided into medical treatment and surgical treatment methods.
Medical treatment methods proceed mostly within the scope of general precautions. In particular, excessive kiilo is a factor that worsens sleep apnea syndrome. Therefore, providing weight control forms an important part of the treatment. In addition, lying on your side should be preferred instead of lying on your back while sleeping. Although it is an old method, sewing a hard ball on the back of pajamas is a method that remains valid today. Thus, since it will be difficult to sleep on your back, the snoring and apnea problem are being tried to be reduced. In some cases, mechanical tools are used. CPAP, BIPAP, oral or nasal instruments are useful because they apply positive airway pressure.
Surgical treatment methods occupy an important place in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Surgical interventions are applied for methods that bypass the obstruction. The most common surgical procedures that need to be performed are:
* Tongue root surgery,
* Soft palate and tonsil operation,
* Nasopharyngeal surgery such as adenoidectomy,
* Nasal operations such as turbinate reduction, polypectomy, septum or valve surgery.
The Sleep Laboratory Process
During the polysomnography test to be performed in the sleep laboratory, patients bring their own pajamas and personal belongings. The patient who arrives before bedtime needs to get used to the environment and arrive a few hours before the normal bedtime in order to glue the electrodes that will record the findings. The patient is prepared together with the technician and when he wants to sleep, he is put to bed and told to sleep.
Technicians monitor the patient from another room and help the patient if necessary. The patient may wake up frequently during the night knowing that he is being monitored and due to the cables in his body. But even in the most adverse cases, a person's sleep efficiency can be observed.
The results of polysomnography are evaluated and reported by an experienced physician. According to the results of the report, the most appropriate treatment method can be easily determined. Although polysomnography is a test that patients are afraid of at first, it is a simple test from the patient's point of view that provides a lot of data to the physician.
Tests Performed Within the Scope of the Sleep Laboratory
Sleep Test (Polysomnography)
One of the important tests performed for the detection of sleep disorders is polysomnography. It is usually a definitive diagnostic method for problems such as snoring and sleep apnea. With polysomnography, while the patient is sleeping during the night, sensors are placed in various areas of the body and monitored. The greater the number of sensors used and the sensor sensitivity, the more information can be obtained about the dimensions of the problem.
Polysomnography performed in the sleep laboratory determines the duration of respiratory arrest experienced during sleep, the level of oxygen reduction, heartbeat irregularities and the degree to which sleep is affected by all of these. With the help of the findings obtained by polysomnography, the severity of the disease is determined and appropriate treatment planning is made.
EEG (Electroencephalography)
EEG is the detection of electrical activities of nerve cells located in the brain by means of electrodes attached to the scalp and recording their voltage by increasing it with computers. During the recording process, wave vibrations are used and electrical activity becomes visible. The EEG is taken while the patient is sitting in a semi-sitting position in case of wakefulness, with the eyes closed. An EEG is a simple test that does not cause discomfort to a person. It is completed in an average of 10-15 minutes. EEG is used as a reliable and informative research method for progressive or non-progressive diseases of the central nervous system.
EMG (Electromyography)
The EMG test consists of two parts. The first is electroneurography (ENG), and the second is electromyography (EMG). The singular method that covers both stages is called EMG. With the EMG test, the aim is to provide low-voltage electrical stimulation to some special areas based on the fact that certain nerves pass through certain points. The test is based on obtaining sensory or motor electrical responses of the nerve fiber along with impulses. In the second stage, special electrodes are applied to certain striated muscles. Nov. Thus, both the muscles and the fibers of the muscles and associated with the junction between the border from the boundary of the regions it is important to have knowledge about the functioning Nov. The tests take an average of 20 to 30 minutes.
What is a Sleep Laboratory?
By taking a break from the daily tasks of the body, which is tired during the day; thanks to its biological and chemical functions during the night, Deconstruction of its physical and mental state is called sleep. Considering that a third of our lives are spent in sleep, it is understandable how important it is. Because the body finds the opportunity to renew itself by resting thanks to sleep.
Sleep disorders, excessive sleeping or inability to sleep at all, disorders that occur during sleep and cause impaired wakefulness functions, and other diseases that affect sleep status constitute the main field of study of sleep medicine. there are more than 80 different sleeping and waking problems. All of these problems negatively affect a person's quality of life by disrupting it. The most common sleeping disorders are:
* Respiratory arrest during sleep (sleep apnea),
* Excessive daytime sleepiness,
• Inability to fall asleep,
* Restless leg syndrome,
* Snoring
* Insomnia due to adjustment disorder
* Learned insomnia
* Sleepwalking
What Diseases Does the Sleep Laboratory Look At?
The problems that need to be evaluated in the sleep laboratory are:
* Snoring
* Shortness of breath during sleep
* Chest pain
* Heart rhythm irregularities that occur at night
* Complaints of insufficient and divided sleep
• Dry mouth
* Neck sweating during sleep at night
* Narcolepsy
* Periodic leg movements that cause daytime fatigue and drowsiness.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
It is one of the most common diseases among sleep disorders. Dec. Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition in which the air flow through the mouth and nose is interrupted, although abdominal and chest respiratory exertion is normal. The patient breathes noisily after the apnea period and starts snoring with a fluttering-like movement.
The most commonly observed symptoms of sleep apnea are:
* Snoring
* Excessive daytime sleepiness
• Atypical chest pain
* Heart problems
* Rhythm disorders in the heart
* Feeling suffocated in sleep
• High blood pressure
* Lung problems
* Headache seen when waking up
* Memory loss and forgetfulness
• Sexual reluctance
* Lung problems
* Decrease in decision-making ability
* Depression and psychosis
• Night sweats
• Dry mouth
• Gastro-esophageal reflux
* Mental and physical depression
Treatment of Sleep Apnea
A multidisciplinary approach style is being determined for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). General treatment methods can be divided into medical treatment and surgical treatment methods.
Medical treatment methods proceed mostly within the scope of general precautions. In particular, excessive kiilo is a factor that worsens sleep apnea syndrome. Therefore, providing weight control forms an important part of the treatment. In addition, lying on your side should be preferred instead of lying on your back while sleeping. Although it is an old method, sewing a hard ball on the back of pajamas is a method that remains valid today. Thus, since it will be difficult to sleep on your back, the snoring and apnea problem are being tried to be reduced. In some cases, mechanical tools are used. CPAP, BIPAP, oral or nasal instruments are useful because they apply positive airway pressure.
Surgical treatment methods occupy an important place in the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Surgical interventions are applied for methods that bypass the obstruction. The most common surgical procedures that need to be performed are:
* Tongue root surgery,
* Soft palate and tonsil operation,
* Nasopharyngeal surgery such as adenoidectomy,
* Nasal operations such as turbinate reduction, polypectomy, septum or valve surgery.
The Sleep Laboratory Process
During the polysomnography test to be performed in the sleep laboratory, patients bring their own pajamas and personal belongings. The patient who arrives before bedtime needs to get used to the environment and arrive a few hours before the normal bedtime in order to glue the electrodes that will record the findings. The patient is prepared together with the technician and when he wants to sleep, he is put to bed and told to sleep.
Technicians monitor the patient from another room and help the patient if necessary. The patient may wake up frequently during the night knowing that he is being monitored and due to the cables in his body. But even in the most adverse cases, a person's sleep efficiency can be observed.
The results of polysomnography are evaluated and reported by an experienced physician. According to the results of the report, the most appropriate treatment method can be easily determined. Although polysomnography is a test that patients are afraid of at first, it is a simple test from the patient's point of view that provides a lot of data to the physician.
Tests Performed Within the Scope of the Sleep Laboratory
Sleep Test (Polysomnography)
One of the important tests performed for the detection of sleep disorders is polysomnography. It is usually a definitive diagnostic method for problems such as snoring and sleep apnea. With polysomnography, while the patient is sleeping during the night, sensors are placed in various areas of the body and monitored. The greater the number of sensors used and the sensor sensitivity, the more information can be obtained about the dimensions of the problem.
Polysomnography performed in the sleep laboratory determines the duration of respiratory arrest experienced during sleep, the level of oxygen reduction, heartbeat irregularities and the degree to which sleep is affected by all of these. With the help of the findings obtained by polysomnography, the severity of the disease is determined and appropriate treatment planning is made.
EEG (Electroencephalography)
EEG is the detection of electrical activities of nerve cells located in the brain by means of electrodes attached to the scalp and recording their voltage by increasing it with computers. During the recording process, wave vibrations are used and electrical activity becomes visible. The EEG is taken while the patient is sitting in a semi-sitting position in case of wakefulness, with the eyes closed. An EEG is a simple test that does not cause discomfort to a person. It is completed in an average of 10-15 minutes. EEG is used as a reliable and informative research method for progressive or non-progressive diseases of the central nervous system.
EMG (Electromyography)
The EMG test consists of two parts. The first is electroneurography (ENG), and the second is electromyography (EMG). The singular method that covers both stages is called EMG. With the EMG test, the aim is to provide low-voltage electrical stimulation to some special areas based on the fact that certain nerves pass through certain points. The test is based on obtaining sensory or motor electrical responses of the nerve fiber along with stimulations. In the second stage, special electrodes are applied to certain striated muscles. Nov. Thus, both the muscles and the fibers of the muscles and associated with the junction between the border from the boundary of the regions it is important to have knowledge about the functioning Nov. The tests take an average of 20 to 30 minutes.
