In this Healthed lecture, Respiratory and Sleep Physician; Dept of Respiratory  Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, A/Prof Christopher Worsnop presents a comprehensive framework for health professionals assessing COPD patients and outlines an evidence-based approach to management that includes how to decide whether inhaled corticosteroids are appropriate and how, when and for how long they should be used.

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Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 32 mins

Guest: Dr Yohan Chacko, Interventional Cardiologist; Greenslopes Hospital, St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital and Ipswich Public Hospital; Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland

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Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 27 mins

Guest: Dr Christopher Worsnop, Respiratory & Sleep Physician, Austin Hospital, Melbourne; Fellow, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Fellow, The American College of Chest Physicians

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Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 18 mins

Guest: Prof Bruce Campbell, Neurologist; Head of Stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital; Director and Chair of Clinical Council, Stroke Foundation; Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

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In this Healthed lecture, Adjunct Professor, Iverson Health Innovations Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Prof John Dixon, describes the most commonly used bariatric-metabolic surgical procedures, their mechanism of action, patient selection, weight loss and health outcomes including diabetes, managing acute and long term complications, and involvement of the integrated health team including the GP to optimise long term outcome.

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In this Healthed lecture, cardiologist Prof Andrew Sindone provides insight and understanding into how to identify and assess complications of DOACs, and, importantly, how adverse effects of DOACs can be best managed.

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In this Healthed lecture, Infectious Diseases Physician; Director, Centre for Virus Research at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Prof Tony Cunningham AO outlines all the latest evidence and information in relation to shingles, including  details of the most recently available vaccine for this condition - its risks, benefits, advantages and disadvantages.

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Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 23 mins

Guests: Dr Renee Testa, Clinical Neuropsychologist; Royal Children's Hospital; Lecturer, Monash University, VIC and Dr Sarah Seth, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Royal Children's Hospital

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In this Healthed lecture, Consultant Psychiatrist from Royal North Shore Hospital, Dr Prachi Brahmbhatt, will explain that the rates of remission and recovery after a single schizophrenic episode are good (~80%), but the rates decline with each subsequent episode. As such, maintaining adherence and optimizing symptom control improves physical health outcomes and this is where GPs have a very important role.

Dr Brahmbhatt will provide a very useful, practical guide to choosing, initiating, titrating, balancing effectiveness against tolerability, and switching and monitoring for adverse effects.

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In this Healthed lecture, Respiratory and Sleep Physician at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Prof Hubertus Jersmann, outlines the best approach to assessing patients with COPD to help determine who is suitable for triple therapy and importantly, who is not. Prof Jersmann will also provide details about the risk versus benefit balance for each of the COPD therapies so GPs can make considered prescribing choices for these patients.

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