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Sleep

Better OSA assessment methods needed after study finds 1 in 5 misdiagnosed on single-night study

Australian respiratory researchers are pitching a new approach to sleep apnoea detection after finding one in five people may be misdiagnosed in single-night studies. The home-based method uses under-mattress sensor technology to track respiratory events over several nights, giving physicians a...

Australian respiratory researchers are pitching a new approach to sleep apnoea detection after finding one in five people may be...

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Telehealth

Specialist phone telehealth rebates restored – and with new inpatient options

The government has backed down on a move to strip all but basic telephone consults from the MBS telehealth arrangements, granting telehealth phone services a six-month reprieve after an outcry about the impact on patients at the height of the...

The government has backed down on a move to strip all but basic telephone consults from the MBS telehealth arrangements,...
COPD

Ten year advance warning of COPD from a simple prediction tool

Middle aged people at high risk of COPD may be identified early by an Australian-developed prediction tool that will allow interventions to be implemented before lung damage has occurred, respiratory physicians in Victoria say. Using information that is readily accessible from...

Middle aged people at high risk of COPD may be identified early by an Australian-developed prediction tool that will allow...

News in brief: Australian study shows eNO levels linked to infant bronchiolitis; Class action over faulty respiratory devices; Oral anticoagulant users at greater risk of bleeds during RTI

Australian study shows eNO levels linked to bronchiolitis/wheeze in infants Higher levels of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) have been linked with reduced incidences of bronchiolitis and wheeze during the first year of life in a NSW study published in Thorax. Researchers...

Australian study shows eNO levels linked to bronchiolitis/wheeze in infants Higher levels of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) have been linked with...