Procedures and Services
The Samaritan Sleep Center of Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) evaluates sleep problems and maps out a treatment plan to help you overcome your sleep disorder.
The Sleep Center is a 6,000-square-foot facility featuring six large sleep testing suites with contemporary décor, private bathrooms, cable TV, and climate controls.
The Sleep Center testing includes:
- Polysomnography to determine sleep problems
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration to set treatment level
- Multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT) to measure daytime sleepiness
- Maintenance of wakefulness tests (MWT) to assess ability to remain awake
- Cognitive therapy for insomnia to find sleep triggers
Millions ask everyday, “Why don’t I sleep well?” The most likely answer is that they have a sleep disorder. Quality sleep is essential in maintaining good health. If you are suffering with a sleep problem, we urge you to discuss it with your family physician or contact the Samaritan Sleep Center.
Common Sleep Disorders
Sleep Apnea: reduced or stopped breathing during sleep. Sleep Apnea can be either obstructive or central; the most common is obstructive.
Symptoms: loud or daily snoring, daytime sleepiness, a feeling of fatigue even though the person has had adequate sleep. High blood pressure and obesity can also be symptoms. The most widely used and effective treatment for sleep apnea is positive airway pressure therapy. Other treatment options include weight loss, positional therapy, an oral appliance, or surgery.
Insomnia: inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or early awakening 3 or more nights a week for a month or longer.
Symptoms: Sleeping less than 5 ½ hours each night for more than 3 nights a week and a feeling of fatigue during wake hours
Restless Legs Syndrome or RLS: creepy, crawly, uncomfortable feeling in the legs that happens when sitting and/or at night when trying to sleep.
Symptoms: an irresistible urge to move your legs especially when in a sitting position or at night when laying down
Narcolepsy: low levels or an absence of a brain chemical called hypocretin. People with narcolepsy feel tired all of the time, and may have “sleep attacks”.
Symptoms: Excessive daytime sleepiness. Irresistible urge to sleep at inappropriate times. May begin suddenly, or slowly over months or years.
Sleep talking, sleep walking, and night terrors: All three are just what they are called, talking during sleep, getting out of bed and walking while still asleep, crying out in fear while asleep. These are normal in children under the age of ten. If it occurs in other decades of life, the disorders are abnormal and require treatment.
Sleep disorders that shorten sleep time or disrupt sleep can place you at a higher risk for weight gain, depression, high blood pressure, changes in blood sugar, heart disease, stroke, and fatigue-related accidents.
Evaluation appointments with a sleep specialist are available during the day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We are open for night testing six nights a week from Sunday through Friday. Daytime testing for night-shift workers and for those studies done in the daytime is on Thursdays. Other days can be arranged by special appointment. Free sleep screenings are available Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call (937) 734-6180 for more information or to schedule an appointment. Physician referral may be necessary depending upon your insurance.