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Polysomnography sleep study and the sleep laboratory
Vagiakis Em.
SUMMARY: The sleep laboratory consists of the patient testing area,
the attending personel and the recording apparatus. Among the various types
of sleep studies, standard polysomnography, which records parameters of sleep
and respiration, is considered as the gold standard. Manual scoring is necessary,
additional to the automated scoring in order to avoid serious mistakes. Before
the use of CPAP at home, a sleep study titration of the optimum pressure and
control of possible side effects should be performed. In Greece, polysomnography
obligatorily includes parameters of sleep and respiration. The sleep laboratories
must reside in hospitals and the physician running a sleep lab must have a proved
training and experience in this field. Pneumon 2004, 17(2):138-144.
Key words: Sleep laboratory, polysomnography, CPAP titration, sleep study,
manual scoring, sleep study, indications.
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