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(563) Sleep Study in Manchester
Are you having trouble sleeping? Sleep disorders can truly affect your overall health. Lack of sleep can affect your mood, memory, physical abilities, immunity and much more. Lacking sleep can even result in more serious issues like diabetes, heart disease, obesity, brain health or even just simple accidents resulting in injuries.
Regional Medical Center in Manchester, IA offers sleep studies in a comfortable, home-like, private room. The sleep experts at RMC, including visiting neurology specialists with Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, P.C., are professionally and personally trained to observe sleep disorders and the effects it can have on your life.
Schedule Appointment
- We work closely with Eastern Iowa Sleep Center to obtain approval for the Sleep Study. We will contact you to schedule an appointment.
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Does my insurance cover a Sleep Study?
Medicare, Medicaid and most private commercial insurances pay for a Sleep Study. The Sleep Study requires a referral. Most insurances will require a pre-authorization prior to testing.
Services
- If your doctor identifies the need for this test, your Sleep Study test will be planned around your schedule to align with your normal sleep schedule.
- You will sleep in a comfortable, private room
- Electrodes are gently attached to your scalp, face, and legs along with other sensors attached to your body
- You will be able to move around in bed
- You and your technician can communicate by intercom
- A technician can disconnect the sensors if you need to use the restroom
- You are free to read or watch TV until the Sleep Technician says “good night”
- An infrared light and camera in your room allows the technician to monitor your study
- During your sleep your brainwave patterns, muscle tone, heart rate, breathing, oxygen and leg movements are monitored
- Your technician will wake you up at the conclusion of your study. You may leave at that time.
- Prepare for Sleep Study:
- Complete all registration forms and questionnaires sent or given to you
- Bathe, wash, and dry your hair (do not use gel or conditioners)
- Avoid napping on the day of your study
- Avoid caffeine on the day of your study
- Continue to take your normal daily medications, unless otherwise directed by your physician
- You may otherwise go about your normal daily routine
- Things to Bring:
- Comfortable sleepwear
- Favorite pillow or blanket (optional)
- Toiletries, toothbrush/paste, comb
- Clothes to go home in
- If you need to get up early for work, let the technician know
- Medications (no medication will be given by Sleep Lab Staff)
- Reading materials (optional)
Regional Medical Center performs polysomnograms to record several body functions during your sleep including brain activity, eye movement, oxygen and carbon dioxide blood levels, heart rate and rhythm, breathing rate and rhythm, flow of air through your mouth and nose, snoring, body muscle movements and chest and belly movements.
- Sleep Apnea is when an individual regularly stops breathing during their sleep for at least 10 seconds. This may be caused by blocked airflow during sleep or problems with communication between the brain and breathing muscles.
- Narcolepsy is having difficulty staying awake. This disorder mixes the nervous system’s messages of when to be asleep and when to be awake. Narcolepsy usually starts during the teen years or early adulthood and continues throughout life.
- Nighttime Behaviors consist of sleepwalking, night terrors, or bed-wetting. This disorder may also include problems sleeping at night
- Shift Work Disorder is having trouble sleeping during the day and can be caused by night shifts or rotating work schedules. Trouble sleeping at night may be caused by stress, depression, hunger, physical discomfort or other problems.
- Periodic Limb Movement Disorder is repeated muscle twitching of the feet, arms or legs during your sleep.
- A good night’s sleep may be closer than you think…Regional Medical Center in Manchester, IA provides the equipment and instructions you need to complete a sleep study test in the comfort of your own home.
- Why a Home Sleep study?
- The Home Sleep study is used to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) if you have a high probability of sleep apnea and no other medical issues. OSA occurs when the muscles in the throat relax and the airway collapses during sleep.
- What to Expect:
- Home Sleep Study occurs when you sleep at home wearing equipment (given to you by RMC staff) that collects and stores information about breathing during sleep. You’ll be given detailed instructions on how to use the Home Sleep Study device when you arrive at your appointment. A sleep technician will not attend the Home Sleep Study.
- After the Test:
- You will need to return any equipment back to Regional Medical Center Respiratory Care the day after your test so the device can be downloaded. Based on your study, a Sleep Physician will complete your report and send it to your referring provider to determine treatment options.