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Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sleep Health Center

In Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital

Overview

Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sleep Health Center conducts sleep studies to diagnose a variety of disorders in adults.

Learn more about sleep services offered at Northwestern Medicine.

To schedule an appointment, please call 815.766.9072.

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Services

The Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sleep Health Center conduct sleep studies to diagnose a variety of disorders in adults. Sleep studies are performed overnight using advanced computerized equipment to monitor the brain as it transitions through the stages of sleep and measure the functions of the lungs, heart, and other parts of the body.

The Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sleep Health Center can diagnose and treat numerous sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, periodic limb movement disorder, nocturnal behaviors (sleep walking, talking and eating in sleep, acting out dreams) disorders and narcolepsy.

Our centers are staffed by neurology and pulmonary critical care physicians, board-certified or board-eligible sleep medicine specialists, registered polysomnographic technologists, respiratory therapists specially trained in sleep disorders.

The Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Sleep Disorder Centers in Greater DeKalb County offer the following tests for sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and other sleep disorders:

  • Polysomnography (PSG)
  • Continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure titrations
  • Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT): To diagnose narcolepsy
  • Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT): To measure ability to stay awake and alert
  • Home sleep testing (HST): We only test for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with these units.

Why Choose Us

Northwestern Medicine is proud to have five hospitals ranked among “America’s Best” by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-24. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the only Illinois hospital on the national Honor Roll for 12 straight years, our clinical and administrative staff and medical and science faculty come together every day with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

With Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, we’re dedicated to consistently providing high-quality, cost-effective, patient-focused care. We seek to improve the health of the communities, individuals, family and friends we serve by delivering a broad range of services with leading medicine and compassion. Because what makes us better, makes you better.