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September 07, 2022

Diagnosing Sleep Apnea in Elizabethtown, KY

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Sleep disorders consist of sleep apnea,
mainly, and also insomnia and hypersomnia,

and the sleep apnea is the most common diagnosis
of all the consultations we see for patients

who come here for evaluation.

If the patient has symptoms of snoring, tiredness,
if somebody says that you stop breathing

and wake up choking, gasping for breath,
and it's difficult to control hypertension,

then you should be evaluated for a sleep test.

If the patient thinks that they have the symptoms
of sleep apnea, contact a primary care provider

to send the patient for the sleep study.

So, when we do the consultation,
we determine the patient's risk.

If the patient is high-risk and has comorbidities
like a heart failure or COPD, we do a in-lab test.

Otherwise, they qualify for a home sleep test.

But the in-lab test, patient has
to stay one full night here.

We do the diagnostic studies,
and also, we do the titration study

if the patient qualifies for a split night.

Once the patients are treated for the sleep apnea
with a CPAP or BiPap, they come back and say,

"I feel more energy, and I am not sleepy,
and I'm not tired as before."

And it's a life-changing event,
and they can feel the difference.

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Diagnosing Sleep Apnea in Elizabethtown, KY, HealthTalks Transcript

Rajanna Ramaswamy, MD, Pulmonology:
Sleep disorders consist of sleep apnea mainly, and also insomnia and hypersomnia. Sleep apnea is the most common diagnosis of all the consultations we see [in] patients who come here for evaluation.

If the patient has symptoms of snoring, tiredness, if somebody says that you stop breathing and wake up choking, gasping for breath, and it’s difficult to control hypertension, then you should be evaluated for a sleep test. If a patient thinks they have symptoms of sleep apnea, contact their primary care provider to send the patient for a sleep study.

When we do the consultation, we determine the patient’s risk. If the patient is high risk and has a comorbidity like heart failure or COPD, we do an in-lab test. Otherwise, they qualify for a home sleep test. [With] the in-lab test, a patient has to stay one full night here. We do the diagnostic studies and also we do the titration study, where the patient qualifies for a split night. Once the patients are treated for sleep apnea with the CPAP or a BiPAP, they come back and say, “I feel more energetic and I’m not sleepy and I’m not as tired as before.” It’s a life-changing event, and they can feel the difference.

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