Amara Nwosu

MBCHB FRCP PhD CF SFHEA

Monthly Archives: February 2016


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AmiPal Podcast: Renal Medicine and Palliative Care – Interview with Dr Hannah Sammut – episode 19

In this episode of AmiPal I talk with Dr Hannah Sammut (Renal Physician and Royal College of Physicians post-CCT fellow in Palliative Medicine) about the importance of palliative medicine and palliative care.

 

The prevalence of symptoms in end-stage renal disease: a systematic review. Murtagh FE et al. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2007 Jan;14(1):82-99.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17200048

 

Is maximum conservative management an equivalent treatment option to dialysis for elderly patients with significant comorbid disease?Carson RC et al.Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Oct;4(10):1611-9. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00510109
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19808244

 

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AmiPal Podcast: Virtual reality and palliative care – episode 18

In this episode of MyPal I discuss the potential uses of virtual reality (VR) in healthcare and what this may mean for palliative care.

 

Beyond gaming: virtual reality in healthcare. Claire Bower. BMJ Blogs 2014.
blogs.bmj.com/bmj-journals-devel…ity-in-healthcare/

What can Oculus Rift do for healthcare?Mike Miliard. HealthcareIT news 2014.
www.healthcareitnews.com/news/what-ca…o-healthcare

The future of pain relief? Dutch burns unit trialling new virtual reality computer system that distracts patients from the agony of their wounds. Paul Donnelly, Daily Mail 9th Aug 2014.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art…ony-wounds.html

IS VR CHANGING HEALTHCARE?
weareformation.com/is-vr-changing-healthcare/

A Survey of Health-Related Activities on Second Life. Leslie Beard et al. J Med Internet Res. 2009 Apr-Jun; 11(2): e17.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762804/

Virtual reality for the palliative care of cancer. Oyama 1997
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10175345

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AmiPal Podcast

Hello everyone

As of today the MyPal podcast has been rebranded as AmiPal!

The content is still the same. It’s the only episodic podcast series about Palliative Care, technology, research and innovation.

The weblink for the podcast is the same:

However, the podcast also has it’s own webpage, which is now another way to access content:

www.amipal.co.uk

Please stay posted to find out exciting developments for the content!