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New Screenings For Sleep Apnea?
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<blockquote data-quote="hurricanegunner" data-source="post: 621004" data-attributes="member: 22122"><p>First you have to have a sleep study done to determine the type and severity of sleep apnea you have. Then the sleep specialist recommends a treatment. Another sleep study is done using this treatment to prove this treatment is effective in treating your particular type of apnea. Then you must perform what is called a "wakefullness maintainance test." This is a test in which they hook you up to the monitors that are used in a sleep study(wires everywhere), lie you down in a darkened room on a bed, and tell you "Don't go to sleep." They shut the door and you have to lie there for 30 minutes and NOT sleep. You can't move, you can't read, you can't listen to music, nothing. You just lie there and not sleep. This starts at 6am, and goes until 4pm. For 30 minutes you just lie there and not sleep. After 30 minutes, they unhook you and you can walk around, watch tv, listen to music, whatever. At the top of the hour, they hook you back up, turn out the lights and say, "Don't go to sleep." This goes from 6am to 4pm. At the top of the hour, you lie down for thirty minutes and don't go to sleep. This is supposed to prove the treatment prescribed for you is effective because only someone who got a good night's sleep could lie in a bed for 30 minutes at 6am and not go to sleep. If you fail any part of these tests, you do not get your dot card.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hurricanegunner, post: 621004, member: 22122"] First you have to have a sleep study done to determine the type and severity of sleep apnea you have. Then the sleep specialist recommends a treatment. Another sleep study is done using this treatment to prove this treatment is effective in treating your particular type of apnea. Then you must perform what is called a "wakefullness maintainance test." This is a test in which they hook you up to the monitors that are used in a sleep study(wires everywhere), lie you down in a darkened room on a bed, and tell you "Don't go to sleep." They shut the door and you have to lie there for 30 minutes and NOT sleep. You can't move, you can't read, you can't listen to music, nothing. You just lie there and not sleep. This starts at 6am, and goes until 4pm. For 30 minutes you just lie there and not sleep. After 30 minutes, they unhook you and you can walk around, watch tv, listen to music, whatever. At the top of the hour, they hook you back up, turn out the lights and say, "Don't go to sleep." This goes from 6am to 4pm. At the top of the hour, you lie down for thirty minutes and don't go to sleep. This is supposed to prove the treatment prescribed for you is effective because only someone who got a good night's sleep could lie in a bed for 30 minutes at 6am and not go to sleep. If you fail any part of these tests, you do not get your dot card. [/QUOTE]
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