This Grand Round presented by Dr Amanda Sathyapala focuses on CPAP adherence in patient with obstructive sleep apnea.
Dr Amanda Sathyapala Background
Dr Amanda Sathyapala is a consultant respiratory physician, and clinical lead of the home ventilation service at Harefield hospital.
She is also a senior lecturer in the airways disease section of the National Heart and Lung Institute of Imperial College London.
Her clinical expertise includes respiratory failure, particularly chronic ventilatory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation, as a result of conditions such as COPD, bronchiectasis, chest wall disease, lung fibrosis, or following surgery. She also specialises in diagnosis and management of respiratory muscle weakness as well as sleep-disordered breathing, such as obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
She is one of only a few respiratory physicians delivering cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia.
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Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn provides an overview on the underlying causes of cough and wheeze in young children, followed by the management of recurrent wheezing.
Our consultant cardiologist, Dr Abtehale Al-Hussaini, provides an overview on managing the risks around type 2 diabetes and heart failure.
Dr Vasileios Panoulas focuses on aortic valve disease, high risk patients and the role of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in managing patients.
Professor Michael Gatzoulis provides an overview on adult congenital heart disease and the importance of harnessing current medicine and technology. Â