Division of Sleep Medicine

Services:

OPD: Patients with Sleep-disorders can get the help in various out-patients departments running in the institute. When patients need specialist attention, they are referred to above faculty members in their OPD or to Sleep Clinic.

Indoor Facility:

Patients with sleep disorders are admitted for various procedures that include:

• Actigraphy
• Overnight diagnostic polysomnography (sleep study)
• Polysomnography with manual titration of PAP
• Assessment of daytime sleepiness: Using MSLT and MWT
• Long term video EEG

Sleep Study : Polysomnography is the study of various physiological parameters during sleep that include but not limited to brain activity, muscle tone, respiration, body position, heart rhythm and movements. This information vital to diagnosie and treat a variety of sleep disorders.Central facility with two beds is available in the institute to diagnose and treat patients with sleep disorders. This is joint venture of Departments of Pulmonology, Psychiatry, Neurology, ENT, Pediatrics and Dental Surgery. We have facilities for state of art video-synchronized Level 1 polysomnography that help us to diagnose and treat a range of sleep disorders:

• • Chronic Insomnia
  • Hypersomnia
  • Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
  • Sleep Related Movement Disorders
  • Sleep Related Epilepsy
  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders

• We also accept applications for short term trainings in Sleep Clinic and Sleep Laboratory from Physicians and Technologists.

Projects

Expansion Plan:

• Clinical Services:
  • Expansion of Sleep Laboratory to six beds unit
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Unit
• Research:
  • 128 Channel EEG
  • Functional Neuroimaging
  • Molecular studies: Genomics and Proteomics