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Sleep Center

About our Sleep Lab

Bourbon Community Hospital's Sleep Lab is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Our Sleep Lab has been a leader in the sleep field since our opening in 1995. We were one of the first Sleep Labs in Kentucky to be accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. This accreditation reflects our commitment to ensure that patients with sleep disorders receive the highest quality of care. The AASM's Standards of Accreditation is the gold standard by which the medical community and the public evaluate sleep medicine facilities. Our Sleep Lab went through our re-accreditation survey in 2017 and we received full accreditation for another five years with no suggested recommendations.

Sleep Studies

Sleep studies usually are done in the Sleep Center, located on the hospital campus. Sleep studies are tests that watch what happens to your body during sleep. The studies are done to find out what is causing your sleep problems.

Sleep problems include:

  • Sleep apnea, when an adult regularly stops breathing during sleep for 10 seconds or longer. This may be caused by blocked airflow during sleep, such as from narrowed airways. Or it may be caused by a problem with how the brain signals the breathing muscles to work.
  • Problems staying awake, such as narcolepsy.
  • Problems with nighttime behaviors, such as sleepwalking, night terrors, or bed-wetting.
  • Problems sleeping at night (insomnia). This may be caused by conditions such as periodic limb movement disorder, which is an intense urge to move the legs.

Sleep studies can also determine whether you have a problem with your stages of sleep. The two stages of sleep are non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM). Normally, NREM and REM alternate 4 to 5 times during a night's sleep. A change in this cycle may make it hard for you to sleep soundly.

The most common sleep studies are:

  • Polysomnogram. This test records several body functions during sleep, including brain activity, eye movement, oxygen and carbon dioxide blood levels, heart rate and rhythm, breathing rate and rhythm, the flow of air through your mouth and nose, snoring, body muscle movements, and chest and belly movement.
  • Multiple sleep latency test (MSLT). This test measures how long it takes you to fall asleep. A video camera is used to record movements during sleep.
  • Multiple wake test (MWT). This test measures whether you can stay awake during a time when you are normally awake.

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