SLEEP LAB
If obstructive sleep apnea or another sleep problem keeps a person from getting sufficient sleep night after night, the consequences can become dire. Obstructive sleep apnea strains every system in the body and can lead to a host of other health problems, including high blood pressure and heart disease.
GVMH’s certified technicians attach electrodes to monitor air flow; brain wave activity; cardiac rate; and chest, leg and eye movement while the patient sleeps.
A pulmonologist in Kansas City who is a board-certified sleep physician reads the study results, and a treatment plan is worked out.
For more information GVMH’s Sleep Lab, please call the Respiratory Care Department at 660-890-7194.
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