Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Center for Sleep

Sleep specialists at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Center for Sleep provide sleep studies and personalized care for sleep disorders.

Specialty care for sleep disorders

Understanding how to improve the quality of your sleep is important for your physical and emotional health. We’re here to help. Sleep medicine doctors at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Center for Sleep in Nashville, Tennessee, listen to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you. Sleep doctors and registered sleep technologists specialize in performing diagnostic tests to better understand how your breathing, napping and nightly sleep routine affects your heart, lungs and brain. Common sleep conditions include:

  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Snoring
  • Restless leg syndrome

Sleep tests for different types of sleep disorders

When chronic snoring, fatigue and daytime sleepiness affect your daily life, ask your doctor if a sleep study is right for you. The Sleep Center provides a wide range of testing options, including:

  • All-night sleep study
  • Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration
  • Multiple sleep latency testing
  • Neurodiagnostic tests and epilepsy monitoring
  • Split study, half diagnostic and half with the CPAP device
  • Wakefulness testing

Home-based sleep apnea study

Sometimes, at-home sleep apnea monitoring is recommended. We provide the sleep study device and instructions. Once you complete the sleep study, return the device to our sleep center to be analyzed. A diagnostic report is then sent to your doctor.

Sleep disorder care plans

Your doctor provides treatment options to help you manage your symptoms, such as fatigue, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety. Sleep disorder treatments also help support your brain and heart health by improving the delivery of oxygen throughout your body. Treatments for sleep disorders may include:

  • Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device for sleep apnea
  • Insomnia treatment using cognitive behavior therapy
  • Lifestyle and dietary changes
  • Medically supervised weight loss or bariatric surgery
  • Medication management
  • Relaxation skills