Physician’s Corner

 

Information for Health Care Providers

Our sleep labs provide the following diagnostic services for pediatric and adult patients:

  • Overnight diagnostic polysomnography screening for a full range of sleep disorders

  • Overnight therapeutic CPAP and BiPAP studies Overnight therapeutic

  • Adaptive Servo-ventilator studies Daytime Maintenance of Wakefulness tests (MWT) and Multiple Sleep Latency Tests (MSLT)

  • Specialized services include full seizure montage and end-tidal CO2 monitoring

All referrals for sleep studies are triaged by the Sleep Medicine Specialist and healthcare team prior to patient booking. If your office is paperless and you would like more information about obtaining an electronic copy for your programs form library, please contact us or email info@accqsleeplabs.com

Epworth Sleep Test

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is used to determine the level of daytime sleepiness. Test your patient’s level of sleepiness - download the form below.

 

Referrals

Referrals for sleep studies can be made by a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife. In order to be referred to the facility, a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife currently responsible for the care of the patient must initiate the referral using the steps below. Self-referrals are not permitted. Referrals are accepted by either fax or mail using the provided sleep laboratory referral forms. The referral form for sleep studies consists of three sections and it is important that all sections are full complete. Incomplete referrals will be returned to your office for completion before we are able to book an appointment.

 

Sleep Medicine Specialist and Health Care Professional Resources

PHYSICIAN SURVEY Questionnaire regarding your experience with our facilities
EPWORTH TEST Standard sleepiness test
CANADIAN THORACIC SOCIETY GUIDELINES Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing CMA Driver’s Guide Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles
CMA GUIDE TO SLEEP DISORDERS Sleep Medicine Specialists guide for determining medical fitness to operate a motor vehicle
NORMATIVE DATA Normative Data on Sleep for Adults and Children