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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In Aboriginal Patients Of The Northern Territory Of Australia: A Landscape Perspective

Subash S Heraganahally1 Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia;2 Flinders University - College of Medicine and Public Health, Adelaide, SA, Australia;3 Northern Territory Medical School, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia;4 Darwin Respiratory and Sleep Health, Darwin, NT, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sanjiwika L Wasgewatta1 Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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Kelly McNamara2 Flinders University - College of Medicine and Public Health, Adelaide, SA, Australia;3 Northern Territory Medical School, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-7819
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Carla C Eisemberg5 Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-1109
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Richard C Budd1 Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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Sumit Mehra1 Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia;3 Northern Territory Medical School, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia;6 Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8379-8745
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Dimitar Sajkov2 Flinders University - College of Medicine and Public Health, Adelaide, SA, Australia;6 Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia;7 Australian Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Pages 2205-2217 | Published online: 26 Sep 2019

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Timothy Howarth, Helmi Ben Saad & Subash S Heraganahally. (2023) The Impact of Lung Function Parameters on Sleep Among Aboriginal Australians – A Polysomnography and Spirometry Relationship Study. Nature and Science of Sleep 15, pages 449-464.
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Subash S Heraganahally, Timothy P Howarth, Angus Lloyd, Elisha White, Antony Veale & Helmi Ben Saad. (2022) The Prevalence of Bronchodilator Responsiveness “Asthma” Among Adult Indigenous Australians Referred for Lung Function Testing in the Top End Northern Territory of Australia. Journal of Asthma and Allergy 15, pages 1305-1319.
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Dorothy F L Sze, Timothy P Howarth, Clair D Lake, Helmi Ben Saad & Subash S Heraganahally. (2022) Differences in the Spirometry Parameters Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Patients with COPD: A Matched Control Study. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 17, pages 869-881.
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Edmund Benn, Hugh Wirth, Teagan Short, Timothy Howarth & Subash S Heraganahally. (2021) The Top End Sleepiness Scale (TESS): A New Tool to Assess Subjective Daytime Sleepiness Among Indigenous Australian Adults. Nature and Science of Sleep 13, pages 315-328.
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Subash S Heraganahally, Tarun R Ponneri, Timothy P Howarth & Helmi Ben Saad. (2021) The Effects of Inhaled Airway Directed Pharmacotherapy on Decline in Lung Function Parameters Among Indigenous Australian Adults With and Without Underlying Airway Disease. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 16, pages 2707-2720.
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Subash S Heraganahally, Timothy Howarth, Lin Mo, Lisa Sorger & Helmi Ben Saad. (2021) Critical analysis of spirometric patterns in correlation to chest computed tomography among adult Indigenous Australians with chronic airway diseases. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 15:9, pages 1229-1238.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy Howarth, Elisha White, Lisa Sorger, Edwina Biancardi & Helmi Ben Saad. (2021) Lung function parameters among Australian Aboriginal ‘apparently healthy’ adults: an Australian Caucasian and Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI-2012) various ethnic norms comparative study. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 15:6, pages 833-843.
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Sumit Mehra, Ram H Ghimire, Joy J Mingi, Monica Hatch, Himanshu Garg, Robert Adams & Subash S Heraganahally. (2020) Gender Differences in the Clinical and Polysomnographic Characteristics Among Australian Aboriginal Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Nature and Science of Sleep 12, pages 593-602.
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Subash Heraganahally, Timothy P Howarth, Siji Issac, Angus Lloyd, Shiidheshwar J Ravichandran, Asanga Abeyaratne & Bhavini Patel. (2023) Exploring the appropriateness of prescribing practice of inhaled pharmacotherapy among Aboriginal Australians in the Top End Northern Territory of Australia: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 10:1, pages e001508.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy P. Howarth, Hugh Wirth, Teagan Short & Edmund Benn. (2022) Validity of the new ‘Top End Sleepiness Scale’ against the STOP‐Bang tool in predicting obstructive sleep apnoea among Indigenous Australian adults . Internal Medicine Journal 53:3, pages 339-347.
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Timothy Howarth, Daniel Gahreman, Helmi Ben Saad, Lai Ng & Subash S. Heraganahally. (2023) Correlation of spirometry indices to chest radiology in the diagnosis of chronic airway disease among regional and rural Indigenous Australians. Internal Medicine Journal.
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Timothy Howarth, Sanjana S. Heraganahally & Subash S. Heraganahally. (2023) Bronchiectasis Among Adult First Nations Indigenous People - A Scoping Review. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 19:1, pages 36-51.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy P. Howarth, Ara J. Perez, Jessie Crespo, Charmain B. Atos, Brian J. Cluney & Linda P. Ford. (2023) Acceptability, adaptability and adherence to CPAP therapy among Aboriginal Australians with OSA - “The A5 study”. Sleep Medicine 102, pages 147-156.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Ram H. Ghimire, Timothy Howarth, Oshini M. Kankanamalage, Didier Palmer & Henrik Falhammar. (2022) Comparison and outcomes of emergency department presentations with respiratory disorders among Australian indigenous and non-indigenous patients. BMC Emergency Medicine 22:1.
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Mohammad M. Seyedshahabedin, Timothy P. Howarth, Lin Mo, Edwina Biancardi & Subash S. Heraganahally. (2022) Flexible bronchoscopy indications and outcomes between indigenous and non‐indigenous patients in the Northern Territory of Australia. Internal Medicine Journal.
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Arijeet Pal, Timothy P Howarth, Chris Rissel, Raelene Messenger, Siji Issac, Linda Ford, Christine Connors & Subash Heraganahally. (2022) COPD disease knowledge, self-awareness and reasons for hospital presentations among a predominately Indigenous Australian cohort: a study to explore preventable hospitalisation. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 9:1, pages e001295.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Sampathawaduge A. M. S. Silva, Timothy P. Howarth, Nadarajah Kangaharan & Sandawana W. Majoni. (2022) Comparison of clinical manifestation among Australian Indigenous and non‐indigenous patients presenting with pleural effusion. Internal Medicine Journal 52:7, pages 1232-1241.
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Subash Shanthakumar Heraganahally, Timothy P Howarth & Lisa Sorger. (2021) Chest computed tomography findings among adult Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory of Australia. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology 66:3, pages 337-344.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy Howarth, Lisa Sorger & Helmi Ben Saad. (2022) Sex differences in pulmonary function parameters among Indigenous Australians with and without chronic airway disease. PLOS ONE 17:2, pages e0263744.
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Emily Henkle. 2022. Bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis 5 20 .
Subash S Heraganahally, Timothy P Howarth, Elisha White & Helmi Ben Saad. (2021) Implications of using the GLI-2012, GOLD and Australian COPD-X recommendations in assessing the severity of airflow limitation on spirometry among an Indigenous population with COPD: an Indigenous Australians perspective study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 8:1, pages e001135.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Nathan Mortimer, Timothy Howarth, Raelene Messenger, Siji Issac, Izaak Thomas & Coralie Brannelly. (2021) Utility and outcomes among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous patients requiring domiciliary oxygen therapy in the regional and rural Australian population. Australian Journal of Rural Health 29:6, pages 918-926.
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Subash S. Heraganahally, Brinthan Rajaratnam, Sampathawaduge A.A.S. Silva, Nicola Robinson, Victor M. Oguoma, Pyi Naing, Nadarajah Kangaharan & Marcus Ilton. (2021) Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Cardiac Disease Among Aboriginal Patients in the Northern Territory of Australia. Heart, Lung and Circulation 30:8, pages 1184-1192.
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Andrew J. Collaro, Anne B. Chang, Julie M. Marchant, Mark D. Chatfield, Annette Dent, Tamara Blake, Patsi Mawn, Kwun Fong & Margaret S. McElrea. (2021) Determinants and Follow-up of Lung Function Data from a Predominantly First Nations Cohort of Adults Referred to Specialist Respiratory Outreach Clinics in Regional and Remote Queensland. Lung 199:4, pages 417-425.
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Timothy Howarth, Helmi Ben Saad, Ara J. Perez, Charmain B. Atos, Elisha White & Subash S. Heraganahally. (2021) Comparison of diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) and total lung capacity (TLC) between Indigenous Australians and Australian Caucasian adults. PLOS ONE 16:4, pages e0248900.
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