The new era of OSA management: data, devices, and drugs

DAY 1

Chaired by: Dr Swapna Mandal (London) and Dr Prina Ruparelia (London)

4.30pm - Mild OSA: navigating the grey
Professor Brendan Cooper (Birmingham)

5.00pm - Pharmacological awakening: the rise of drug-based therapies in OSA 
Dr Chris Turnbull (Oxford)

5.30pm - Service delivery and practical aspects/local solutions
Dr Sonya Craig (Liverpool)
Gavin Phillips (Liverpool) 

 

4:30 PM

90 MINUTE SESSION

Learning outcomes

  • Understand the latest evidence linking obstructive sleep apnoea to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and the impact of treatment.
  • Gain insights into the challenges and options when managing patients with milder obstructive sleep apnoea, where a more nuanced and holistic approach is often required.
  • Evaluate pharmacological approaches to OSA management including weight loss agents, noradrenergic agents 

Curriculum mapping

  • Managing patients with sleep disordered breathing and metabolic syndrome
  • Managing integrated respiratory medicine across the primary and secondary care interface including management of long-term disease
  • Managing the use of drugs and therapeutic modalities specific to the practice of respiratory medicine