Sleep medicineSleep Clinic

Services and treatments

Treatments offered
Services available
Diseases treated

Sleep breathing disorders, including apnoeas, hypoventilation and snoring

Positive airway pressure equipment, such as CPAPs, breathing machines and non-invasive bilevel ventilation
Mandibular advancement splints
ENT surgery, following assessment using drug-induced sleep endoscopy to locate the obstruction
Positional therapy
Bucco-linguo-masticatory muscle strengthening programme
Maxillofacial surgery for specific cases

Insomnia

Cognitive behavioural therapy
Non-pharmacological treatments, such as sleep hygiene
Treatment with medication
Stress reduction and anxiety treatment in partnership with the ambulatory psychiatry department

Circadian rhythm disorders

Chronotherapy with behavioural advice, light therapy and coaching using a sleep log. This may or not be accompanied by melatonin treatment.

Parasomnia, central hypersomnia, and sleep-related involuntary movements

Treatment of underlying factors
Behavioural treatment
Treatment with medication if required
Monitoring using a sleep log

Services available

Sleep consultations
Multidisciplinary sleep consultations with a pulmonologist, neurologist and psychiatrist
Polysomnography for adults and children More details on the test
Polysomnography with continuous positive airway pressure or non-invasive ventilation
Polysomnography with full EEG using the 10-20 system
Multiple Sleep Latency Tests (MSLT) More details on the test
Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) More details on the test
48-hour hypersomnia evaluation More details on the test
Ambulatory respiratory polygraphs More details on the test
Overnight oximetry
Actigraphy
Profile of melatonin in saliva
ENT consultation with focus on snoring
Drug-induced sleep endoscopy
Individual or group stress reduction and anxiety treatment, including psychotherapy, self-hypnosis and meditation

Diseases treated

Sleep breathing disorders, including apnoeas, hypoventilation and snoring
Central hypersomnia, including narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia
Insomnia
Circadian rhythm disorders
Parasomnia
Sleep-related involuntary movements

Consultations

You must request treatment if you wish to undergo sleep tests. Each request is checked by the head of the sleep clinic to ensure we offer the best treatment possible.
We can arrange consultations in English, French, German and Romansh.

Please send your request to:
Secrétariat de pneumologie
Hôpital de Sion
chvr.pneumologie(at)hopitalvs.ch

Tel.: +41 (0)27 603 46 78

Consultations	Location	Opening hours
Sleep consultations	Sion Hospital (Floor C) and Martigny Hospital (1st floor)	Every day
Multi-disciplinary consultations for sleep disorders	Sion Hospital (Floor C)	Monday 13:30 to 17:00
Sleep laboratory tests, such as polysomnography	Sion Hospital (Floor C)	Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights From 19:15 to 07:30 or 08:00
Ambulatory polygraphs	Sion Hospital (Floor C) and Martigny Hospital (1st floor)	Every day

The ENT consultation focused on treatment for snoring takes place on Monday from 13:30 to 17:00 at Martigny Hospital. Appointments can be made with the ENT department secretary by telephone on +41 (0)27 604 44 51 or by email addressed to: chvr.consult.orl(at)hopitalvs.ch.

Stress reduction and anxiety treatment is provided by the ambulatory psychiatry department. A number of techniques are used for this, and treatment may not involve psychotherapy. For example, drop-in groups for self-hypnosis and meditation are available once a fortnight throughout the year. Sessions can be arranged with the Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Department secretaries:

Sierre: +41 (0)27 603 84 70
Sion: +41 (0)27 603 84 40
Martigny: +41 (0)27 603 63 00
Monthey: +41 (0)27 604 73 90