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Anand Bhaskar, J. Nadstawek, E. J. Viel, Michael H Buonocore, José Manuel López-Millán Infantes, H. Jaeger
La reunión multidisciplinar organizada por Astellas tuvo lugar en Milán el 28 de agosto de 2012. Alrededor de 150 médicos invitados, especializados en el dolor, procedentes de toda Europa y con conocimientos o experiencia en el uso de los parches de capsaicina al 8 % para tratar el dolor neuropático (DN) periférico, asistieron a la reunión para escuchar la presentación de distintos casos clínicos tratados con el parche de capsaicina al 8%, por parte de un grupo de ponentes europeos expertos en la clínica del dolor. El objetivo de la reunión era compartir experiencia clínica real sobre el uso del parche de capsaicina al 8% para controlar el DN siguiendo un formato interactivo y dando a los asistentes la oportunidad de intercambiar experiencia práctica directa con el uso de este medicamento. La reunión estuvo presidida por el Dr. Arun Bhaskar del Reino Unido. Este inauguró la reunión dando la bienvenida a los delegados, presentando a los ponentes, resumiendo los objetivos de la reunión y realizando una demostración del ThoughtSort, el software que por grupos a través de un iPad, hizo posible que todos los participantes de la sesión pudiesen interactuar. Los detalles de los casos clínicos que se presentaron en la reunión y que se resumen en este artículo responden a las opiniones personales de los ponentes.
The Astellas peer-to-peer meeting took place in Milan on the evening of Tuesday 28 August, 18:00-20:00. Approximately 150 invited pain physicians from across Europe, all with some knowledge or experience of using the high-dose capsaicin patch to treat peripheral neuropathic pain (NP), attended the meeting to hear an expert European faculty of practising physicians present different case studies involving treatment with high-dose capsaicin. The objective of the meeting was to share real-world experience in the use of high-dose capsaicin for the management of NP in an interactive format to provide delegates with the opportunity to liaise with physicians who have direct, hands-on experience of high-dose capsaicin. Interactivity was a key component of the meeting and iPad technology was utilised to encourage discussions between the faculty and the delegates. The ThoughtSort application enabled both the faculty to ask delegates questions related to their case studies and the delegates to ask the faculty questions throughout their presentations. The meeting was chaired by Dr Arun Bhaskar from the UK. He opened the meeting by welcoming the delegates, introducing the faculty, outlining the objectives of the meeting and performing a demonstration of ThoughtSort. The delegates had to work in groups to answer questions via ThoughtSort, using one iPad between four and five delegates. Details of the case studies that were presented at the meeting and summarised within this report are the personal opinions of the faculty members.
