When I will get my sleep study report ?

First, a sleep study has to be scored by a registered polysomnographist and then reviewed by Dr. Bhat. Sleep studies are usually not evaluated immediately, because it is time consuming. There 700 to 800 pages of data has to be reviewed before making a preliminary diagnosis. It has to be reviewed by the sleep expert before it is mailed out to doctors and patients. It may be a week to two weeks before the final report is generated. Thus, you should receive the results of your sleep study within this time period. One copy of the study will go to the patient, and another copy will go to the referring physician.

If a patient has any questions, they can speak to their referring physician or they can wait until their follow up appointment and discuss the results with Dr. Bhat.

If a patient has an appointment with the referring physician, they should take their copy of the sleep study with them on the day of the appointment. This will be used as a back up copy.
If Dr. Bhat orders the study, then you may make an appointment to see Dr. Bhat in his office to discuss the results.  

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