Re: OB: Sleep study
From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Tue Sep 30 18:44:40 2008
The machine is expensive(More than the test) and the payers won't pay for it
without the test.
Dan
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Raymond Stephen <
Stephen.Raymond@dhhs.tas.gov.au> wrote:
> Is doing the test going to change your management? It sounds like CPAP
> is already most peoples' choice.
>
> Steve Raymond
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> *From:* ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] *On Behalf Of *John
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> Perry
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 October 2008 7:57 AM
> *To:* Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> *Subject:* RE: OB: Sleep study
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> I have alsways been taught that any time the po2sat falls below 95% it is
> not good for the baby. A cheap test is to get a sta monitor and have her
> use it one night. If she continues to set off the monitor all night she
> needs a sleep study and cpap. Mine is wonderful.
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> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:12:51 -0500
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> From: dr99645@yahoo.com
> To: ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net
> Subject: OB: Sleep study
>
> 21 yo G2P0010 comes in for first visit at 9 wks. She is obese and states
> that prior to finding out she was pregnant she was thiking about getting a
> sleep study. (She had talked to the Sleep Lab at the State Fair). She
> snores, boyfriend says she stops breathing and startles herself awake.
>
> Is there any reason not to get a sleep study? I'm assuming that if she has
> sleep apnea that puts her pregnancy at some risk and CPAP could only make it
> better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glen
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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) ABMP CMTh
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Indiana U. School of Medicine
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