Sleep Disorders Center

Sleep is vital for renewing our mental and physical health. If you or a loved one are having sleep related issues, our staff at Newman Regional Health Sleep Disorders Center can help your sleep quality.

Inpatient Diagnostic Sleep Studies

Newman Regional Health Sleep Disorders Center is 2-bed sleep facility accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). We provide overnight or day sleep testing (polysomnogram or PSG), diagnostics, and titration studies in our center. The center is fully-equipped with a home-like private bedroom to monitor patients during sleep. A caring, trained sleep technologist monitors the patient during the study after which a physician analyzes the results, patient history, and lab tests to make a diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan.

Sleep Studies can be scheduled Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays (days may vary – we do like to accommodate special circumstances if possible), with flexible hours available for shift workers. Our sleep professionals are ready to help you get a good night’s rest!

Think you might have a sleep disorder? Take the sleep quiz!

Home Sleep Apnea Testing (HSAT)

In addition to our in-center sleep testing, we also offer Home Sleep Apnea Testing (HSAT) for those patients who qualify. With an HSAT, you are sleeping in the comfort of your own home. Not everyone qualifies for a HSAT—the patient for whom an HSAT would be appropriate is a patient with a high pre-test probability of moderate to severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and who does not have other significant health issues which would be better evaluated through in-center testing. An HSAT is somewhat less reliable for diagnosing a mild disorder. Your health care provider will tell you if an HSAT is appropriate for you.

Sleep Disorder Supplies

Newman Medical Equipment sells the durable medical equipment and supplies you need to assist with sleep. They carry CPAP and BiPAP machines, supplies, hoses and masks.

What sleep issues can be treated with sleep medicine?

Insomnia

Insomnia is an inability to initiate or maintain sleep. It may also include early morning awakening, in which the individual awakens several hours early and is unable to resume sleeping. Insomnia may cause excessive daytime sleepiness and impaired function during the day. Before arriving at a diagnosis of primary insomnia, the healthcare provider will rule out other potential causes, such as other sleep disorders, side effects of medications, substance abuse, depression, or other previously undetected illness.

Chronic psychophysiological insomnia (or “learned” or “conditioned” insomnia) may result from a stressor combined with fear of being unable to sleep. Individuals with this condition may sleep better when not in their own beds. Health care providers may treat chronic insomnia with a combination of the use of sedative-hypnotic or sedating antidepressant medications, along with behavioral techniques to promote regular sleep.

Narcolepsy

Excessive daytime sleepiness (including episodes of irresistible sleepiness) combined with sudden muscle weakness are hallmark signs of narcolepsy. The sudden muscle weakness seen in narcolepsy may be elicited by strong emotion or surprise.

Episodes of narcolepsy have been described as “sleep attacks” and may occur in unusual circumstances, such as walking and other forms of physical activity. The healthcare provider may treat narcolepsy with stimulant medications combined with behavioral interventions, such as regularly scheduled naps, to minimize the potential disruptiveness of narcolepsy on the individual’s life.

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

RLS is characterized by an unpleasant “creeping” sensation, often feeling like it is originating in the lower legs, but often associated with aches and pains throughout the legs. This often causes difficulty initiating sleep and is relieved by movement of the leg, such as walking or kicking.

Abnormalities in the neurotransmitter dopamine have often been associated with RLS. Healthcare providers often combine a medication to help correct the underlying dopamine abnormality along with a medicine to promote sleep continuity in the treatment of RLS.

Sleep Apnea

Persons with sleep apnea characteristically make periodic gasping or “snorting” noises, during which their sleep is momentarily interrupted. Those with sleep apnea may also experience excessive daytime sleepiness, as their sleep is commonly interrupted and may not feel restorative.

Treatment of sleep apnea is dependent on its cause. If other medical problems are present, such as congestive heart failure or nasal obstruction, sleep apnea may resolve with treatment of these conditions. Gentle air pressure administered during sleep (typically in the form of a nasal continuous positive airway pressure device) may also be effective in the treatment of sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea can pose serious health complications and should be taken seriously. Treatment should be sought from a health care provider.

Location: 1201 W 12th Ave, Emporia, KS - Speciality Clinic in the Main Hallway, Entrance C

Phone: 316-440-1010

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Victor Salloum, MD

Pulmonology & Sleep

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