Sleep Disorder

BAPTIST HEALTH Sleep Disorders Center- Little Rock 9500 Kanis Rd. Little Rock 72205 (501)202-1902 Type of Facility: Physician Clinic

BAPTIST HEALTH Sleep Disorders Center- North Little Rock 3333 Springhill Drive, 3rd Floor North Little Rock 72117 (501)202-3400 Type of Facility: Hospital

The BAPTIST HEALTH Sleep Disorders Clinic offers help and sleep disorders treatments for patients who are unable to sleep or are chronically sleepy. Patients often will not complain of sleep-related behaviors, but of their consequences - loss of energy, fatigue, memory lapses, difficulty in concentrating, decreased sex drive, and/or frank sleepiness such as with driving.

How much sleep is enough?

The amount of sleep each person needs is as individual as their personality and can be affected by age, activity, diet, time of day, medications, general health, emotional status and genetics. "Enough" sleep is the amount of time an individual needs to stay awake and alert at all points during the day until near bedtime.

Too Little Sleep Can Impact Your Health

...And how much sleep is not enough?

People deprived of sleep or whose sleep is not restful may experience a laundry list of problems influencing their own lives and the lives of those around them. Irritability, lack of attention and alertness, slowed reflexes, poor judgment, decreased productivity, mood alteration, accidents and deterioration of health are just a few of the potential consequences of poor sleep. Chronic sleep problems have been linked with higher mortality rates.

Lack of Sleep Takes Toll

According to the 2005 "Sleep in America" poll by the National Sleep Foundation, 74% of respondents reported at least one symptom of a sleep disorder for a few nights a week or more. In April 2006, a report by the Institute of Medicine estimated that 50 to 70 million Americans suffer from a chronic disorder of sleep or wakefulness, leading to a wide range of consequences that negatively affect health, safety and productivity. Across the country, health care providers are recognizing the need for assessment and treatment of sleep/wake disorders.

Abnormally sleepy? Take this Sleep Disorders Quiz...

The BAPTIST HEALTH Medical Center - Little Rock Sleep Disorders Center offers:

•  Consultations (inpatient and outpatient)
  
•  Comprehensive longterm follow-up in the sleep disorders clinic for all sleep disorders
  
•  Sleep logs and actigraphy (long term sleep/wake monitoring)
  
•  Screening studies for sleep apnea
  
•  Attended adult polysomnography
  
•  Multiple sleep latency test and maintenance of wakefulness tests for truck drivers and pilots
  
•  Five-channel neonatal cardiorespiratory studies
  
•  Current research - in process for enuresis, narcolepsy and sleep apnea

Appointments may be scheduled by calling (501)202-1902, or, by calling BAPTIST HEALTH HealthLine at B-A-P-T-I-S-T (227-8478).

Patients can be referred to the BAPTIST HEALTH Sleep Disorders Clinic by a physician, family member, or self-referral. An initial consultation conducted to determine if formal testing is required.

The Sleep Lab at BAPTIST HEALTH Medical Center - North Little Rock opened as a one-bedroom testing facility in 1993, under the medical direction of Dr. Peter Marvin. In spring 2006, construction of the new four-bedroom Sleep Center was completed.

The state-of-the-art facility combines comfortable, hotel-like ambiance with technologically advanced polysomnographic recording capability. The Center is staffed with four technologists; two technologists are board-registered, and the staff has a combined work experience of 35 years. Drs. Tim Cook, Gary Goza, Stan Kellar and Charles Schultz are affiliated with the Sleep Center, providing study interpretations and post-study patient care. All four physicians have received Diplomas from the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and the Sleep Center is actively pursuing accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

The N. Little Rock Sleep Center is open for testing from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Monday through Saturday. Appointments may be scheduled by calling 202-3400, and information requests can be made by calling 202-3712.