The sleep experts at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago provide comfortable, painless, overnight sleep studies to identify sleep disorders.
Your physician may recommend a sleep study to begin the process of completely understanding your sleep patterns. During the study, you'll sleep through the night in a quiet, private room — much like a hotel rather than a medical facility.
Whether your bedtime is at night or during the day, you'll schedule your arrival for shortly before your normal bedtime. A sleep technician highlights the equipment to be used in your study, and as they prepare to begin, you remain in your room, changing into your normal sleep attire. You'll simply relax, watch television or read.
Sensors then are applied to your head, abdomen and fingers to monitor activities such as oxygen level, heart rate, stage of sleep, eye movement, muscle tone and breathing. All attached wires are tied behind your head like a pony tail, allowing you to move freely. Your room will have a video camera to allow specialists to observe your sleep movements.
Your sleep technician and medical specialists then collaborate with your physician on their findings, including all diagnostic and treatment recommendations. You'll awake the next day to resume your normal routine, so there's no need to take time off work. And most insurance carriers offer coverage for facility-based sleep studies.
