Who are Respiratory and Sleep Specialists?
Queensland Respiratory Laboratory (QRL), originally named Brisbane Respiratory Laboratory, was established in the 1980's as a respiratory function unit to serve the growing demand for respiratory services in the Brisbane metropolitan area. The founding Directors of QRL were Dr Robert Edwards and Dr Maurice Heiner. They were joined by Dr Ian Brown, Dr William Oliver, and Dr Michael Bint and later by Dr Lee Rafter, to form Queensland Respiratory Laboratory.
Queensland Respiratory Laboratory, an already established metropolitan respiratory service, later expanded to laboratories all over Queensland. Our first computerised sleep investigation was introduced in 1989 as a two-bed system in the Intensive Care Unit of the Wesley Hospital, performing 1-2 nights per week. Sleep investigation units were later opened in Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast (Buderim and Noosaville), Mackay, Gold Coast (Tugun), Brisbane and Darwin.
Respiratory and Sleep Specialists is now one of the largest sleep disorders diagnostic and treatment companies in Australia. It operates 11 state of the art sleep investigation units in Queensland, 1 in the Northern Territory, 1 in New South Wales and offers portable polysomnography for those preferring to have their sleep study at home.*
We cater for both public and private adult patients and paediatric patients over 4 years of age. The company is comprised of 17 Respiratory and Sleep Physicians and a team of sleep technicians, sleep scientists and nurses trained in sleep medicine with over 20 years experience in the diagnosis, treatment and management of sleep disorders.
We pride ourselves on our professionalism, our strict adherence to the latest protocols and sleep medicine guidelines. We guarantee the highest level of care and accurate diagnosis and treatment of all who seek the use of our diagnostic and treatment services.
Why choose us?
Our Physicians are fully accredited Thoracic, Respiratory and Sleep Physicians. Our Nursing, Technical and Scientific staffs are fully trained science or nursing graduates who collectively have scores of years of experience in adult and paediatric, cardiac, neurological and sleep medicine. The company maintains professional affiliations with the Royal Brisbane Hospital, the Wesley Hospital and the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Healthscope, Ramsay Health Care and Owen Ferguson Health as well as the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney.
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What we do?
Respiratory and Sleep Specialists provide expert diagnosis and treatment for a range of sleep disorders including:
- Sleep Apnoea
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Insomnia
- Snoring
- Narcolepsy
- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Cheyne Stokes Respiration
- Type II Respiratory Failure
Our services cater to patients living on the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Northern Rivers District (NSW), Fraser Coast, Brisbane, Darwin, Toowoomba and Mackay as well as paediatric patients (older than four years) in Brisbane. All of our patients have local access to consultation by qualified Sleep Physicians and where necessary, treatment or equipment advice or trouble-shooting. This latter service is offered free at our Sleep Health Centres.
We perform Sleep Studies in our many Laboratories as well as providing portable 'at home' polysomnography (sleep studies) using the very latest Compumedics sleep systems equipment.
All of our testing and treatment procedures and patient and staff education processes stem from the findings of the latest Australian and international evidence based sleep medicine. Our practices adhere to and are governed by recommendations set-out by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the Australasian Sleep Association and the Australian Sleep Technologists Association.
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