What exactly does a sleep clinic measure?

Clinical evaluation: Sleep clinic does the clinical evaluation and managment of the sleep disorders/problems and wants to rule out sleep apnea. Sleep lab does the diagnostic and cpap/bipap sleep study for diagnosis and managment of sleep apnea. Goal is to improve the sleep and over all health as sleep is linked to many diseases like heart disase, stroke and diabetes.

Disorders of sleep: Most commonly assessment of disorders of breathing during sleep (sleep apnea) with a sleep study, monitoring of therapy by assessing usage data from CPAP machines. Also measure excessive sleepiness with mslt test, ability to stay awake with maintenance of wakefulness test, and objective assessment of sleep behavior with actigraphy and sleep diaries.