2600 Greenwood Road
Shreveport, LA 71103
Dig in to learn what’s causing your sleep issues with tests at Willis Knighton Sleep Centers. Tests range from simple quizzes about your daily habits and sleep patterns to overnight assessments that give us a deeper look at your sleep. Our goal is to understand your sleep better so we can provide the most effective treatment for you.
MWT is concerned with your ability to stay awake rather than how fast you fall asleep. It measures your alertness and ability to stay awake during tasks, or if you’re too fatigued. The test indicates whether you remain alert in quiet times of inactivity.
Breakfast and lunch are served during this test.
MSLT is a nap study to see how quickly you fall asleep in quiet circumstances during the day. Sleepiness at a time and place where you should be awake and alert is considered extreme drowsiness.
The test charts your brain activity and records movements of the eyes and chin. MSLT also measures how quickly and often a patient enters the REM sleep stage. The idea of this study is that the subject should fall asleep in a shorter amount of time as their feeling of sleepiness increases.
Breakfast and lunch are served during this test.
You'll wear a mask over the nose and mouth during sleep. Constant and continuous air pressure is blown through air passages to prevent tissues from collapsing and blocking airways. Dental appliances may be needed to keep the tongue or jaw in a more forward position.
CPAP studies should be performed for patients already prescribed CPAP and who have experienced:
This study of your sleep cycles and behavior is conducted overnight while you’re in the sleep center. Brain waves, muscle activity, breathing, eye movements and heart rhythms are continually graphed.
Polysomnography documents your body processes using:
Conducted when sleep apnea is detected, a split night sleep study includes polysomnography and CPAP filtration combined in a single night.
