Bioelectrical impedance to assess hydration in advanced cancer (overview) - Twycross prize #11

AmiPal: Palliative Care

Dr Amara Nwosu provides an overview of his PhD research "The use of bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) to assess hydration in patients with advanced cancer in a specialist palliative care inpatient unit". This study was the winner of the 2014 Twycross Research prize of the Association of Palliative Medicine. National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference prize winning abstract presented in 2014: http://conference.ncri.org.uk/abstracts/2014/abstracts/A222.html Information about Early Career Researcher Award of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) http://www.eapc-2015.org/Early_Researcher_Award.html Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason S, Khodabukus AF, Varro A, Ellershaw JE. Hydration in advanced cancer: can bioelectrical impedance analysis improve the evidence base? A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013; 46(3):433-446.e6 http://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(12)00499-X/abstract Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason SR, Varro A, Ellershaw JE. Patients want to be involved in end-of-life care research. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013, Dec;3(4):45. http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2013/07/23/bmjspcare-2013-000537.extract Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. www.amaranwosu.com Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse