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Posted by good point sfw on August 25, 2002 at 11:34:01:In Reply to: We are testing for everything. posted by sfw on August 25, 2002 at 08:14:36:
Excellent point sfw. Additionally, the vast majority of sleep disorders have to do with Neurology, as opposed to Respiratory. Seizure activity isn't all there is - how about Narcolepsy, Night Terrors, REM Behavioural Disorder, PLMD, Sleep Walking? Other uses for EEG, such as REM latency and density helping to indicate depression, sleep dperivation, and so on. Yes, I know that apnea is mainly what we see in a sleep lab, but EEG/Central Nervous System is the backbone of Polysomnography. Respiratory has a lot of gall to say PSG is a subspecialty of Respiratory - it is much more so a subspecialty of Electroneurodiagnostics. Yes, RRT's and CRT's can be and should be Sleep Techs, but we need to become our own, distinct field. We are not a "subspecialty of Respiratory."
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