Thomas Altree
67 posts
@tjaltree
Respiratory and Sleep Physician | PhD candidate @AISHsleeplab 🇦🇺🫁😴👨🎓
Low-Dose Morphine Does Not Cause Sleepiness in COPD: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial Low-dose morphine for breathlessness in COPD does not worsen sleepiness. Sleep may influence improvements in breathlessness in some cases @tjaltree 🔗 tinyurl.com/3cc827v2
A new 3-part SBS Australia documentary series is looking for adults of all ages living in SA, who are struggling with a sleep disorder – either medically diagnosed or not, to trial a ground-breaking new sleep treatment program. Details here: sbs.com.au/guide/article/…
Congratulations to Georgina Irish for receiving the Young Investigator Award – Clinical Science for her work Should I have a transplant? Using flexible parametric models to predict survival after kidney transplant waitlisting, awarded today at @anzsasm @GeorginaIrish
@tjaltree from @AISHsleeplab has shown a drug previously used to treat depression can reduce obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) severity. news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2022/10/0…
An accepted paper in @JCSMJournal reports the first evidence that the norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor reboxetine alone reduces obstructive #SleepApnea (OSA) severity. The data could inform future pharmacotherapy development for OSA. bit.ly/3cxkAqK
Normally I’d have been sick 🤮at least 3x by now. Some others must have placebo. I’m feeling fine. Not sleepy. I can read & tweet. A miracle drug. Apparently it’s making the guy in the hat hungry. I’ve eaten my chips & crackers too. Is hunger is side effect? NK1 antag & hunger?
