Orthopedics / Neurology
Sleep Centers
BAPTIST HEALTH Sleep Center-
Little Rock
9500 Kanis Rd.
Little Rock 72205
(501)202-1902
Type of Facility: Physician Clinic |
BAPTIST HEALTH Sleep Center-
North Little Rock
3333 Springhill Drive, 3rd Floor
North Little Rock 72117
(501)202-3400
Type of Facility: Hospital |
The Baptist Health Sleep Centers offer 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.
...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.
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.
The Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Sleep Center offers:
- Consultations (inpatient and outpatient)
- Comprehensive longt-erm 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. Dr's. 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 North 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.