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Why Choose Us?

 

We are easily accessible with short turnaround time. Within a few days of our physicians making a decision that you need a Sleep Study Test, we will arrange one for you. This is in contrast to most other facilities where the wait time is several weeks.

Sleepcentermd is a service provided by Maryland Urgent care. As it is well known other ailments like Hypertension, Diabetes, Coronary artery disease, irregular heart beats, Morbid Obesity and Lipid Disorders.

 

With sleepcentermd.com being a service provided by Maryland Urgent Care we are able to identify and treat conditions that can result in breathing difficulty and can be confused with sleep disorders. A simple and prevalent illness such as Acute Sinus Infection can make patient feel like he might have a sleep ailment.

 

We are able to identify and properly treat Cardiopulmonary ailments that can result in shortness of breath especially at night when laying down such as Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). We possess the clinical skills and Tools to diagnose such a disorder and we can confirm the diagnosis by performing an Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound).

 

We are also able to identify and adequately treat Medical conditions that can complicate Obstructive sleep apnea such as :

 

1. High Blood Pressure: Probably the most prevalent Disease however in most cases of obstructive sleep apnea Hypertension is difficult to treat, in fact the one of the leading causes of difficult to control hypertension is Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

 

2. Heart Attacks or Myocardial infarctions are more common complication of obstructive sleep apnea due to co existent obesity and reduced oxygen concentration in arterial blood that occurs in cases of sleep apnea leading to more frequent occurrence of cornoray artery spasm that leads in turn to development of a Heart attack.

 

3. Polycythemia or increased total red cell count and volume within blood pool . This abnormality can occur as a result of Sleep apnea with less mean Arterial oxygen concentration. This feature sometimes may have another contributing factor that might co exist with sleep apnea. Management and treatment of such an anomaly requires expert clinical skills of our Physicians.

 

4. Pulmonary Hypertension: This is a condition whereby there is increased hydrostatic pressure in the Lung Arteries.Obstructive Sleep Apnea can result in Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension. But Pulmonary Hypertension could be the Primary disorder that can present with shortness of breath that would affect sleeping and therefor can be confused with Pulmonary hypertension caused by Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Our Physicians are well versed with such complicated Cardiopulmonary disorders and possess the Knowledge and experience to identify the underlying disease process and treat it.

 

The above are just few examples of how we thoroughly work out our patient on case to case basis in order to Manage and Treat them appropriately. Our Providers are specially trained and are board certified, including Sleep Medicine Board Certification. We work with community-based physicians and Primary Care Physicians and other specialties through a multidisciplinary and logical medical approach to diagnose and treat sleep disorders.

 

Physicians: To refer a patient, please call us at 301-277-3555.

 

Patients: Once you have a referral from your physician, to schedule your appointment, please call us at 301-277-3555 or fill out the appointment form on our Home page to schedule your sleep study test.

 
 
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Are you snoring, having poor sleep, headaches, feel tired or irritable, depressed, gaining weight? Have you been diagnosed with high blood pressure, Diabetes, heart attack, irregular heartbeats, suffered accidents due to sleepiness, noticing intellectual deterioration or sexual dysfunction? You might be suffering from a sleep disorder. At sleepcentermd.com we will be able to help you! Sherif Hassan . Our Clinic provides complete diagnostic and treatment for a wide spectrum of Sleep Disorders including Sleep Apnea . Our Sleep Disorders Clinic is located in Prince George's (PG) County, MD Services the Washington DC, Northern Virginia (VA) and Maryland Area including: Bowie, Capitol Heights, Columbia, Cheverly, Clinton, College Park, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Lanham, Largo, Laurel, New Carrollton, Riverdale, Silver Spring and Baltimore, MD.