Orientation to Polysomnography

An introduction to polysomnography for healthcare practitioners in training.

[@jackiekepple8287]

This was very well explained. I used it to understand my daughter's sleep study and I found it very easy to follow from a perspective of someone with little medical experience.

[@muffinknight7968]

Great video! Hope you do more sleep study video. Like scoring.

[@lindseeziegler90]

Thanks for info! CRT here going into polysomnography school soon-- I find sleep/ sleep medicine fascinating. Not tons of work in RT for sleep except DME unfortunately. The line between sleep & RT needs to be fine tuned. My RT school did not talk about Sleep medicine except maybe 1 hr tops-- Hopefully our professional board representatives and etc can get that figured out.

[@marilynecomeau4420]

Thank you, very well explained!

[@bachos78]

Just received my sleep test results 2 hours ago. Have to go in for another sleep study to figure out what CPAP option will be best. Not a Joe Rogan delivery but still very eye opening when your told you stop breathing on average 34 times an hr. Looking forward to having more energy

[@floridamanpresents3952]

Thank you. I am getting a study done and have no idea what to expect

[@tylerschnadarle7725]

This is a great overview thank you

[@reneilwenchabeleng661]

Thank you so much well explained

[@OrionWinters]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[@diescaba1]

Thank you so much!

[@gazamax3]

thank you so much. so helpful

[@COOL4830]

This was fabulous

[@joyharrison8108]

Thank you this was very helpful

[@TheFlyinWing]

That was very helpful Thank you

[@syphoresdrow5077]

Thank you , can you suggest me any book/website or videos , where i can learn more about sleep studies ?

[@tompulmcritsleep8975]

Hmmm, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is probably the most reliable source. Much of their content is behind a paywall, but they have a fair amount of free stuff, particularly on sleepeducation.org

[@briansylvester9982]

I just had one done. Waste of time. Wired like a Christmas tree and expected to sleep. These studies use 80s technology. It sucks. Better off using a fitness tracker.😂 These docs look for reasons to prescribe cpap.

[@tompulmcritsleep8975]

I suppose I would ask 2 questions: 1) What did you expect to get out of having a sleep study? 2) What did you actually get out of having a sleep study? Polysomnography is good at answering *some* sleep questions (e.g. does this patient have sleep apnea?), but not all sleep questions (e.g. why does this patient have insomnia?). It sounds like maybe PSG just wasn't the best way to answer the question you were asking? In general, fitness tracking devices have not been validated to answer most clinical sleep questions, though research into the use of "wearables" is ongoing. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is helpful for some, and of unclear benefit in others. It is certainly not a panacea that can address every sleep complaint.

[@realtorsontheroad]

Find your self a dentist that does dental sleep. I'm the Dental Sleep coordinator for Sleep Well AZ in Phx , and we send you home with a ring that connects to an app on your phone. no wires, accurate results, and we prescribe oral sleep devices rather than CPAP right off the bat. CPAP is not an acceptable answer for everyone. Hope you have a better time getting the answers and help you are looking for.

[@tompulmcritsleep8975]

@@realtorsontheroad Reasonable advice. I would only caution that sleep apnea is not the only disorder that can disturb sleep. While home testing devices are now pretty good at finding sleep apnea, they're not yet validated to detect other sources of sleep disturbance detectable on in-lab PSG.

[@briansylvester9982]

@tompulmcritsleep8975 If fitness trackers had become validated, then that would probably have some adverse impact on the industry. Equipment needs to be updated. There is no reason for the cluster of wires in this day and age.