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Sleep apnea victims are "the most difficult patients to monitor." McMahon says, jotting numbers constantly. She seems unperturbed by the continual struggle going on in the darkened cubicle. The only sounds are the scratching of pens on paper and the occasional bushed voices of the doctor and the technician...
...McMahon she says generally enjoys but I only do it two nights a week, but she says of the hours, "that's one of the problems with working in a lab like this you tend to develop a sleep disorder yourself...
...McMahon says her favorite type of patient to monitor is the victim of "sleep terror," the "most interesting and scariest" disorder she's seen since she began to train as a technician at Mass General 13 years ago. Such a patient will awaken from non REM (rapid eye movement) of non dream sleep, in terror for no apparent reason...
Meanwhile, the man is less restless than the average patient But suddenly, at 2.03 a.m. he putts off his chin monitor and tugs on his nasal airflow indicators McMahon swings into action...
Stakes leaves minutes later satisfied that she has it under control. Often say McMahon the doctor will stay especially if there is a patient who might encounter some sort of difficulty during the night and grab sleep when he can Stakes serves as a neurologist as well as an internist in day light and on nights when the lab is in service he says "I fit sleep in someplace...