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Referrals - We accept all referrals
Appointments

Ipswich:  (07) 3202 2000

Indooroopilly: (07) 3870 2525

All other locations : 04666 48 772 (Call or text details for a call back)

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Medical Director                                                                   Download

Instructions to install Medical Director Template

  1. Download the RTF file above – DO NOT OPEN THE FILE

  2. In Medical Director go to Tools -> Letter Writer -> File -> Modify Template ->Template Name -> Import -> “Find downloaded file” -> Import

  3. Save Name as #ERSA Lung Function and Sleep Study Referral

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Doctor and Patient
Referral Guide

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Sleep Studies
OSA50 Questionnaire

The OSA50 questionnaire was developed by a group of Australian sleep medicine researchers who aimed to create a brief, four-item OSA screening tool for use in general practice. They established that the four items that best predicted a diagnosis of severe OSA (ie AHI ≥30 events/hour) were:

  1. obesity (by waist circumference)

  2. snoring

  3.  witnessed apneas

  4. age ≥50 years.

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Weightings from results of logistic regression analyses were used to create a simple screening tool with a maximum score of 10 points. An OSA50 score ≥5 points was found in a validation sample to have 94% sensitivity, with 31% specificity for identifying moderate-to-severe OSA.
 

Table 1. OSA50 questionnaire                                                                    If yes, score

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Obesity/Waist circumference* (>102 cm for males or >88 cm for females)         3

Snoring - Has your snoring ever bothered other people?                                    3

Apnoeas - Has anyone noticed that you stop breathing during your sleep?        2

50 - Are you aged 50 years or over?                                                                    2

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                                                                                                        Total score…… / 10 points

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*Waist measurement to be measured at the level of the umbilicus (males 102 cm = size 40 [inches] and females 88 cm = size 16)

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Ref: Chai-Coetzer CL, Antic NA, Rowland LS, et al. A simplified model of screening questionnaire and home monitoring for obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care. Thorax 2011;66(3):213–19. doi: 10.1136/thx.2010.152801. 

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