Useful Management Information

  • Medical Management
    • Long-term intranasal steroids (mometasone) if no contraindications
    • Manage allergies
    • If BMI > 30, manage weight loss
    • Epworth Sleepiness Scale
    • Consider Sleep Studies for evaluation, PSG and consideration/trial of CPAP
    • If patient has an under bite, refer to a dentist for a mandibular advancement splint

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • No category 1 criteria
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • No category 2 criteria
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • Upper airway obstruction due to tonsillar hypertrophy
  • Moderate to severe symptoms (e.g. Epworth Sleepiness Scale > 15) and a positive sleep study
  • Failure of CPAP therapy due to patient anatomical factors e.g. nasal obstruction/deviated septum, tongue size/upper airway anatomy, mandibular anatomy

Essential Referral Information

If a specific test result is unable to be obtained due to access, financial, religious, cultural or consent reasons a Clinical Override may be requested. This reason must be clearly articulated in the body of the referral

Additional Referral Information

  • Sleep study/polysomnography (PSG) overnight pulse oximetry
  • BMI
Last updated 14 February 2024

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Internal Referrals

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(07) 5687 4497

Post

Booking and Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

1300 559 083

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

Dr Jim Hallam
Medical Director Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital

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