The state-of-the-art six room sleep laboratory at Sidra Medicine has received over 450 children and helped to find the underlining reasons behind sleep problems.
The state-of-the-art six room sleep laboratory at Sidra Medicine has received over 450 children and helped to find the underlining reasons behind sleep problems in 2019.
Children with sleep problems usually have underlying illnesses or conditions. The sleep lab accurately studies cases of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep-related respiratory disorders caused by a variety of airway diseases and conditions including large tonsils or adenoids. It also receives children with non-respiratory sleep disorders, according to senior experts.
“Our Sleep Disorders Program have been designed to restore a child’s normal sleep patterns. The care at our sleep lab includes providers who are specially trained in paediatric sleep medicine. Our team will assess your child’s condition and decide which clinic is best for your child’s sleep problems,” Prof. Ibrahim Janahi, Division Chief of Pulmonology, whose department currently manages the sleep lab told The Peninsula.
Fully equipped with modern technologies, such as video and infrared monitoring, the lab will allow health experts to directly observe the patients. The dedicated Sidra Medicine team works closely with child life professionals to provide child-friendly and child-focused care to help the children relax and go to sleep.
“The Sleep Lab studies cases of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep related respiratory disorders caused by a variety of airway diseases and conditions including large tonsils or adenoids. In addition, the sleep lab plays a critical role in studying non-respiratory sleep disorders as a result of neurological issues like central apneas or due to behavioral abnormalities,” said Dr Muna Maarafiya, Medical Director of the Sleep Lab at Sidra Medicine.
Depending on the physician’s recommendation, the sleep study will be tailored to suit each child’s medical condition in line with international standards. The child’s movements are also recorded by video with infrared to ensure the safety of the child at all times.
All recordings and test results from the child’s sleep study are then analyzed by the technologist and interpreted by the Sleep Lab team. Results are then discussed with the parents along with a treatment plan during a follow up appointment.
The highly advanced six-room dedicated pediatric sleep laboratory was officially inaugurated in August 2019. It started to receive children few months before the official opening.
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