Australian Journal of General Practice
This article outlines the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of Restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Allergic rhinitis may be a treatable component of sleep disordered breathing that contributes to residual symptoms such as snoring.
Respiratory tract and sleep disorders – including obstructive sleep apnoea, difficult-to-treat asthma in adults, and insomnia – are commonly encountered in general practice.
The connection between sleep and health has been recognised for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that the treatment of sleep disorders has developed as a medical specialty.
Diagnosis of insomnia is facilitated by the use of self-report measures to characterise the sleep disorder and elucidate comorbidities.
Medicare Benefits Schedule rules regarding sleep study eligibility have recently changed and incorporate validated questionnaires of obstructive sleep apnoea risk and subjective sleepiness.
Effective insomnia treatment requires a multidisciplinary team that is centred on the patient’s preference and personal goals.
This article aims to provide an overview of evidence-based assessment, management and referral options for insomnia in Australian general practice.
A review of data that support clinicians incorporating urological symptoms when screening for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
An overview of the prevalence, consequences, assessment and management of patients with comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea in Australian general practice.
A boy aged five years presented to the paediatric outpatient clinic with a six-month history of snoring and noisy breathing during sleep.
Good quality e-mental health resources provide general practitioners with the opportunity to help patients improve their mental health in an efficient and illness-appropriate way.
General practitioners are ideally placed to identify high-risk infantile haemangiomas and coordinate their management.
This paper discusses the incidence and impacts of post-cardiac event mental health problems, the benefits of mental health screening and effective treatments for mental health problems.
Once considered rare, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is now understood to be relatively common, occurring in approximately 1% of school-aged children.