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    Sleep Studies



    What Affects the Test

    Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include the following:

    • You use caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or Reference sedatives Opens New Window.
    • There are changes in your normal activities on the day of the sleep study.
    • The electrodes come off during sleep.
    • Sleep lab noises keep you awake or keep you from sleeping normally during the sleep study.



    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference June 17, 2011
    Medical Review: Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Mark A. Rasmus, MD - Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine


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