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sleep test
Indications:
- sleep disturbance
- excessive daytime sleepiness
- violent sleep-related behaviors or parasomnias
- suspected periodic limb movement disorder
- assessment of optimal CPAP therapy
- assessment of response to therapy
- unexplained pulmonary hypertension
- unexplained polycythemia
- disturbances in respiratory control in patients with daytime hypercapnia
- used to diagnose
- narcolepsy
- restless legs syndrome
- REM behavior disorder
- parasomnias
- sleep apnea
Procedure:
- polysomnography (gold standard)
- out-of-center sleep testing
Specific
limited channel sleep study
maintenance of wakefulness test
multiple sleep latency test (MSLT)
out-of-center sleep testing; home sleep apnea test
polysomnography (PSG)
General
clinical procedure