Sleep Lab Test

Asthma Chest & Allergy Centre sleep labs are full-service facilities that offer the following tests:

Polysomnogram (PSG) Study: This is the core sleep study test that will help the physician diagnose the main cause of a sleep disorder. It consists of an overnight study in the sleep lab in which the patient will be monitored with special equipment that records brain activity, breathing, cardiac patterns and LEG movements.

Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) titration: This study is ordered a patient has been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Depending on the physicians preference, the patient may or may not have been FITTED with a PAP mask and machine before coming into the lab. This overnight study helps determine the eliminate sleep apnea and snoring.

Split Night Study: This study is the combination of the PSG and PAP titration studies. For the first part of the study, the PSG test is conducted. Patients exhibiting more than 20 respiratory events an hour during the first two hours of the study will be woken by the technologist, who will then initiate the PAP titration.