Dr Anish Sachdev
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Dr Anish Sachdev
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Respiratory and sleep medicine
Dr Anish Sachdev
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Doctor Anish Sachdev is an accredited Sleep and Respiratory physician in the Geelong area. Having graduated from Monash University School of medicine with honours in 2004, Anish completed basic physician training was completed at Geelong Hospital and Alfred Hospital.
Specialist training was undertaken at Flinders medical centre, Adelaide (2010 to 2012). He returned to Melbourne to undertake fellowship in sleep medicine. Anish holds public appointments at University Hospital Geelong and admitting rights to St John Of God Geelong Hospital.
He is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) He was raised in Geelong and is an avid cats supporter.
SPECIALISATIONS
Conditions managed
Pulmonary
- Asthma
- Emphysema/smoking related lung disease
- Respiratory infections, e.g. pneumonia
- Pulmonary nodules
- Pulmonary sarcoidosis
- Lung fibrosis and other infiltrates
Sleep Disorders
- Snoring
- Obstructive sleep apnoea
- Central sleep apnoea
- Insomnia
- Sleep walking and other sleep arousal disorders
- Narcolepsy and other unexplained daytime sleepiness
- Restless Legs Syndrome.
Your First Appointment
If you are new to our practice, you will be offered an initial medical consultation appointment with one of our specialists. This allows for a comprehensive medical assessment and enables your specialist to decide the necessary tests and treatment needed for your health concerns.
Your specialists may refer you for further tests and will discuss this with you in detail during the consultation. You will need a referral letter from your GP or specialist for this initial consultation.
If you have been referred to have a home sleep study, this may be able to be performed prior to an assessment from one of our specialists, providing that you have a valid GP referral and meet the Medicare Benefits Schedule screening questionnaire criteria for home sleep study.
A pulmonary function test can also be booked without prior assessment from one of our specialists with a valid referral from your general practitioner.
Please email or fax your referral along with any relevant test results (e.g. X-ray or CT scan reports or blood tests), and one of our doctors will triage the referral. In some cases, our specialists may organise additional tests for you prior to your appointment.
What To Bring To Your Consultation:
- A valid referral letter or referral form (please check with our staff prior to the appointment whether we have received a valid referral)
- Medicare card, DVA card, pension card & private health insurance card (if you belong to a private health fund)
- All old chest X-rays, CT scans and PET scans including films, reports and CD or USB
- Relevant blood test results
- Medication list (if available)
- Any prior lung function test results
- Any prior sleep study results
- A download from your CPAP machine (if you are already on CPAP treatment)
Please ensure that you attend your appointment 15 minutes early to allow time for you to complete any relevant paperwork.
Alternatively, please download and complete our questionnaire . You may either send the completed form via email prior to the appointment or bring it with you on the day of your appointment.
Dr Anish Sachdev is happy to discuss referrals
Address
49 Bellerine Street Geelong 3220
Phone No.
Phone: 5221 9647
Fax 5221 9649
Mail Address
reception.geelongrespsleep@gmail.com
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FAQs
Sleep specialists have specific training in diagnosing and managing sleep conditions and interpreting sleep studies. While sleep studies can assist in diagnosing some sleep conditions, in most cases a review by a sleep physician is recommended with management decisions often guided by interpretation of the sleep study in the context of the symptoms and examination findings.
Hospital sleep studies are attended studies where there is real time monitoring of sleep. Therefore any signal abnormality can be corrected immediately, extra monitoring equipment can be added or treatment implemented during the sleep study.
Home sleep studies are unattended studies. These studies are indicated to evaluate for obstructive sleep apnoea. In patients who are assessed as highly likely to have obstructive sleep apnoea based on questionnaires, patients may be eligible for direct general practitioner referral for a home sleep study with oversight by a sleep specialist.
Home sleep study providers are NOT all equal and poor quality studies can result in inaccurate results, suboptimal management decisions and poor outcomes. I would recommend avoiding sleep services who provide both the diagnostic study and sell the equipment for treating the condition. Quality control practices are highly variable. Cost saving measures may be at the expense of quality leading to misdiagnosis and more expense down the track.
Being diagnosed with Sleep Apnoea may have significant consequences when it comes to your health, fitness to drive, personal insurance policies and expense. However not all sleep apnoea is the same and in many cases the sleep apnoea a patient may be diagnosed with may neither cause symptoms or cause health risk and may not require treatment at all. If you have any doubts when it comes to the diagnosis or if you have any reservations regarding treatment seek a second opinion with a Sleep Physician.
Sleep Apnoea is a common diagnosis but its clinical relevance is variable. There are many instances where sleep apnoea DOES NOT require treatment as the degree of sleep apnoea may not convey long term health risk, the patient may not have any symptoms to warrant treatment or the symptoms experienced are unrelated to the sleep apnoea and due to another sleep condition. If you are diagnosed with sleep apnoea and recommended treatment I would advise to rent a CPAP pump and mask for 2 months. If CPAP is more a burden than a benefit see your sleep physician before purchasing the equipment.
Snoring is common in the community and most people who snore do not have sleep apnoea, however it can be difficult to differentiate simple snoring from significant sleep apnoea and often a sleep physician assessment and sleep study is required to adequately confirm or exclude sleep apnoea.