Our sleep lab was established in 1994 starting with one patient examination per night. It was later moved to Sirikiti building in 2002 and then to Somdech Phra Debharatana medical center in 2011.
It takes approximately 3-10 months to the scheduled date. However, we have a cancellation list for some urgent patients whom we can call early on if someone canceled their schedule.
Yes, we do. We have type 3, 4 PSG and WatchPAT done for home sleep testing in some patients.
Furthermore, because of long waiting time, we perform type 3 study in order to help diagnose more patients at home setting.
There are 8 beds for 6 adults and 2 children in the lab.
Our sleep lab have done all types of full night PSG (1-4), split night PSG, full night titration studies, MSLT and MWT. We also have WatchPAT (as a peripheral arterial tonometry) and Actigraphy.
We have one year certificate fellowship program for training physicians to be sleep specialists. For technicians, we run a short course one month basic teaching program for sleep technologist candidates. Moreover, there is a 2 years master degree of science program in sleep medicine opened for international students.
There are 7 full-time and 3 part-time sleep technicians in our sleep lab. Fulltime technician’s duty during the day includes taking care of outpatient clinic (educating, trouble shooting), reading sleep studies, and doing database tasks. All of them performed sleep study during the night.
Approximately 1,800 studies were performed in one year. Most of them were split night studies.
You can contact us at Sleep Disorder Center,
7th floor Somdech Phra Debharatana Medical Center,
Ramathibodi hospital, Rama 6 road,
Thungphayathai, Rajathewi, Bangkok 10400.
Tel: +66(0)2200-3768, FAX: +66(0)2200-3761.
Email: sleepcente.rama@gmail.com
Website: www.med.mahidol.ac.th/sleep_disorders
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SleepCenter
