SLEEP STUDIES
applications
The Q-Metrx Staff includes highly experienced sleep technicians with extensive experience in developing custom protocols for sleep studies with various applications, including:
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Insomnia: Initiation and Maintenance of Sleep
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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Sedation
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Narcolepsy and cataplexy
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Obstructive sleep apnea
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Sleep Devices
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CPAP
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Bilevel
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Dental
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Miscellaneous other devices (e.g., Winx & Provent Therapies)
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Parasomnias: REM Behavior Disorder (RBD)
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techniques
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Polysomnography (PST): Overnight attended sleep study
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Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT)
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Subject attempts to take four to five naps every 2 hours throughout the day
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Allows quantification of drowsiness throughout the day
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Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT)
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Four to five “quiet periods” throughout the day
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Subject must remain awake in a darkened room
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Actigraphy for monitoring:
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daytime activity
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napping
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lights out/lights on associated activity
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