respiratory

APSR 2017

Thursday 23rd - Sunday 26th November 2017
Medicines

Oxygen titration important in obese: study

Oxygen therapy should be titrated for morbidly obese inpatients to avoid hyperoxaemia and hypoxaemia, New Zealand research finds. The randomised, crossover trial of 22 morbidly obese adult inpatients found a significantly greater increase in transcutaneous carbon dioxide tension (Ptco2) following 60...

Oxygen therapy should be titrated for morbidly obese inpatients to avoid hyperoxaemia and hypoxaemia, New Zealand research finds. The randomised, crossover...
Public Health

Plain packs, tax hikes not fuelling illicit trade

Mandatory plain packaging and a rise in tobacco tax have not resulted in a flood of illicit tobacco onto the Sydney market, a trend study shows. Instead, it appears smokers are switching from premium brands to...

Mandatory plain packaging and a rise in tobacco tax have not resulted in a flood of illicit tobacco...
COPD

Flexible delivery of pulmonary rehab stacks up

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients not only has clinical equivalence to centre-based programs but has also been shown to be as cost effective. The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) Congress in Sydney heard direct healthcare costs per patient in...

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients not only has clinical equivalence to centre-based programs but has also been shown to...