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Information for patients and caregivers who have received a Philips DreamStation 2 as a replacement CPAP device.
Please be aware, our clinic office will be CLOSED Monday July 31, 2023 through Friday August 4, 2023.
During this time, please contact your primary care physician for all medical needs, including prescription refills. For PAP help, contact your DME company.
Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Medicine
Apex Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, PLLC is not only a clinic specializing in sleep disorders and pulmonary diseases, we also have a fully accredited sleep center.
Our accreditation is through the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. We perform diagnostic and therapeutic polysomnograms as well as multiple sleep latency and maintenance of wakefulness tests. Along with in-lab, overnight testing, we offer home sleep testing when medically appropriate.
Our sleep center staff is proficient in advanced titrations to treat more progressive sleep disorders including central apnea and sleep and obesity-related hypoventilation.
We specialize in the treatment of many sleep disorders in patients age 13 and up, including:
Sleep apnea is a disorder of interrupted breathing during sleep. It is usually associated with snoring, choking or gasping, and excessive daytime sleepiness.
Hypoventilation disorders are disorders of shallow breathing during sleep resulting in low oxygen or high carbon dioxide levels. It can be associated with obesity, COPD, and certain neuromuscular conditions such as ALS.
Parasomnias are unusual behaviors that occurring during the sleep period such as sleep walking, night terrors, confessional arousal, sleep eating disorder, REM behavior disorder, and nightmare disorder.
Narcolepsy is neurologic sleep disorder of excessive daytime sleepiness and in some cases is accompanied by the involuntary loss of muscle control know as cataplexy. Cataplexy can occur with emotional stimulus such as laughter, stress, fear, or anger.
Insomnia is a persistent inability to initial and/or maintain sleep. Insomnia can be a result of many factors including poor sleep habits, diet, stress, medical conditions, behavioral and mental health disorders, and even certain medications.
Asthma is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become blocked or narrowed causing breathing difficulty.
COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a long-term lung disease that refers to both chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Shortness of breath is a common symptom of allergy, infection, inflammation, injury, or certain metabolic conditions. Most cases of shortness of breath are due to heart or lung conditions.
Types of Testing
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Information for patients and caregivers who have received a Philips DreamStation 2 as a replacement CPAP device.
Philips Respironics announced a voluntary recall for Continuous and Non-Continuous Ventilators due to two issues related to the polyester-based polyurethane sound abatement foam used in these devices.
If you’re in need of better sleep, it may be time to consider your sleep hygiene. Learn what sleep hygiene is and the changes you can make to your daytime and bedtime habits to improve your sleep.
Marc E. Hofmann, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Cordova, TN 38018
(901) 842-1392
(901) 842-1393
REMINDER, normal office hours are Monday through Thursday 9am – 4pm. We are CLOSED Fridays.
Wed Nov 22rd – Fri Nov 24th
OFFICE CLOSED
Fri, Dec 22nd – Mon, Dec 25th.
OFFICE CLOSED
Tue Dec 26th – Thu Dec 28th
OFFICE HOURS 9 am – 12 pm
Thu Dec 28th at 12 pm – Tue Jan 2nd
OFFICE CLOSED
Staffing and other resources will be limited during the last few weeks of December. Please know, and understand, orders, refill requests, call backs, prior authorizations, etc., will take longer than usually during this time.
Please check with your DME (durable medical equipment) company and your insurance to see if you will need supplies/orders/changes made to your PAP equipment BEFORE DECEMBER 15th. We must be notified by 4pm on Monday, December 18, 2023, if any update regarding DME is needed from our office. This will give us time to assist with your PAP needs by the end of the year.
If Dr. Hofmann has ordered you a sleep study, please know insurance companies are now taking between 2-4 WEEKS to process a prior authorization. We will call you when we have an update from your insurance company.
If your new patient appointment is, or a sleep study has been ordered, after September 1, 2023, we cannot guarantee the process of new patient evaluation/appointment, having a sleep study, and being set-up on PAP therapy be completed by the end of the year.