30 Oct 2024

CPAP adherence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

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 Amanda Sathyapala

Curated for: Secondary care doctors & Students
Subject: Respiratory medicine45 Minutes

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