Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine

• Appointments Hotline + 61 3 9345 6180
  
• Referral fax + 61 3 9345 5034 or email screferrals@rch.org.au

Respiratory Medicine Laboratory

• +61 3 9345 5841
• Respiratory Laboratory Request Form (PDF 100KB)

Sleep Services

Patients requiring a sleep study must have a consultation with a Sleep Physician at The Royal Children's Hospital.

• Current inpatients require a consult form to be entered through EMR.
• Current outpatients require a referral to a Sleep Physician in the Specialist Clinics to be entered through EMR.
• All external referrals should use the external referral form on the Specialist Clinic Referrals webpage

Overnight Oximetry referrals

Current outpatients require a referral to the Wallaby Ward (Hospital-in-the-Home).

All external referrals should use the external referral form found here:

• External overnight oximetry request - interactive PDF file
• External overnight oximetry request - PDF file

*Please note this is a screening test for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, a negative test does not exclude the diagnosis.

Bronchiectasis Clinic

The multi-disciplinary bronchiectasis clinic, established in 2018, manages children who have been diagnosed of bronchiectasis due to any cause (excluding cystic fibrosis).

Children are managed by physicians and a dedicated respiratory physiotherapist. Referrals will be accepted from pediatricians only. For any questions regarding suitability for this clinic, please contact Prof Phil Robinson or Dr Danielle Wurzel.