For those who had a sleep study:

ReanimatedRebel · 12-04-2007, 02:31 PM

Did you have to send your surgeon the test results or a clearance letter from the sleep Dr.?

hajohnson1 · 12-04-2007, 02:57 PM

My sleep study was more than two years ago so it was already in my medical records that I have sleep apnea. I don't know if your Doc needs the study in it's entirety or just the results or clearance letter. It's important to know if you have a problem for a couple reasons. First it may help you get approved for surgery and secondly they need to be aware during and after surgery in case of any problems. With me they hooked oxygen through my cpap machine to keep my oxygen levels up during sleep (My doc requires an overnight stay following surgery). Even with that, the oxygen alarm woke me once or twice in the night. Just a ddep breath or two and it went away. :notagree

With all that said, if I were you I'd just call and ask what they need/want. It's not going to bother them, it's their job to answer your questions.

Candle · 12-05-2007, 10:41 AM

My Pulmanary doc ordered the sleep study. The sleep center then sent the results to her and she forwarded them on to my surgeon with a letter of clearance for surgery. (She also had me get a chest x-ray and do some breathing exercises on a machine.)

Stevelovesmusic · 12-05-2007, 03:02 PM

My surgeon required a sleep study, to avoid possible apnea after surgery (when taking narcotics). It revealed I have sleep apnea. The sleep center doctor sent a report to my surgeon.