Sleep Disorders Assessment
We are specialists in taking care of your sleep and getting you to sleep well.
The person with sleep disorders needs to be evaluated by a specialist in Sleep Medicine, who through a complete clinical history and clinical assessment, will be able to provide a clear guide regarding their condition.
Our “clinical history” complies with the following principles:
- Specifically define the type of sleep disorder. A person can suffer from several sleep disorders at the same time.
- Characterize the clinical course, the circumstances of onset, the causative factors and the factors influencing the onset and course of the sleep problem.
- Make a differential diagnosis between various sleep disorders.
- Assess the patient’s sleep-wake patterns and usual sleep hygiene.
- History the patient’s bed partner.
- Assess the impact of the sleep disorder on the patient’s life.
- Specific variability according to pathology / reason for initial consultation.
- Estimation of the planning on the number of consultations and compromise of efficacy of the treatment from the first consultation
- Determine if the patient needs to complement the findings of the clinical history with a sleep study.
- Determine according to the sleep disorder presented by the patient, which of the different types of sleep study is the one that best suits your need.
- Accompany and follow up on the patient over time regarding the treatment they require according to their sleep disorder.
