ABSTRACT
University Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Strategic Technologies Program of the National Plan for Sciences and Technology and Innovation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Divinagracia E. Gacuan, RPSGT
University Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Smitha George, RPSGT
University Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Karen Lorraine Acosta, RPSGT
University Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Seithikurippu Ratnas Pandi-Perumal
Somnogen Canada Inc., College Street, Toronto, ON M6H 1C5, Canada
Ravi Gupta, MD
Department of Psychiatry & Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun, India
Corresponding author: Ahmed S. BaHammam, E-mails: ashammam2@gmail.com; ashammam@ksu.edu.sa
ABSTRACT
Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard diagnostic test for sleep disorders. During PSG, several physiological parameters are monitored while the patient is asleep. These parameters include brain waves, the oxygen level in the blood, heart rate and breathing, body position as well as eye and leg movements, along with synchronized audiovisual monitoring. In this chapter, we will take the reader in a journey to demonstrate PSG technology and how PSG is performed from the time patient arrives until his discharge.
