Sleep Lab in KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad

When was the Sleep Lab started?2019-01-22T10:11:20+00:00

Sleep lab at KIMS hospital was established in 2005.

How many beds does the Sleep lab have for Level 1 Sleep studies?2019-01-22T10:10:13+00:00

We are equipped with 2 state of the art 55-channel Polysomnography labs performing Level-I studies, with video recording. We have 2 dedicated rooms for the studies with an attached monitoring room to avoid disturbance to the patient.

What type of Diagnostic studies are done in the Sleep centre?2019-01-22T10:08:58+00:00

Diagnostic sleep study, titration sleep study, MSLT

What type of PAP titration facilities are available at your Sleep centre?2019-01-22T10:07:56+00:00

CPAP and BiPAP titration studies are done in our centre for OSA and hypoventilation patients.

What are the educational/training opportunities available for Doctors and technicians at your Sleep centre?2019-01-22T10:06:50+00:00

KIMS being a multi speciality hospital with DNB postgraduate program in 25 specialties & super specialities, training opportunities are available for doctors & technicians at our sleep center. Students are given dissertation topics related to seep medicine which are presented in various State & National conferences and published in various journals. Workshops are conducted at regular intervals for training of doctors & technicians.

How many sleep techs are employed at the Sleep centre? What are their day time and night time duties?2019-01-22T10:05:11+00:00

A full time Indian Board of Sleep medicine Certified sleep technician and 2 part time technicians run the lab throughout year. Manual titration and scoring are done by our qualified technician and supervised by the Pulmonologist.

How many Level 1, level 3 studies, PAP titration studies, MSLT and MWT are done in one year?2019-01-22T10:03:42+00:00

On an average, 25 sleep studies per month (300 per year), 2-3 MSLT per month, are performed.

What are the contact details of the Sleep centre- address, phone no., email id, website?2019-01-22T10:02:45+00:00

Sleep Lab
Dept. of Pulmonology,
KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad
Ph: 040- 44885000; 040- 71231102

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