Recent Applications of Virtual Reality for the Management of Pain in Burn and Pediatric Patients
| Autor: | Qian Cece Chen, Nicole Maldari, Michael Montuori, Samuel P Ang, Divya Patel, Yuriy Trimba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pain medicine Analgesic Pain Pain Procedural Virtual reality law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial 030202 anesthesiology law Humans Pain Management Medicine Pain perception Child Intensive care medicine Analgesics Modalities business.industry Virtual Reality General Medicine Pain management Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Summative assessment Neurology (clinical) Burns business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Current Pain and Headache Reports. 25 |
| ISSN: | 1534-3081 1531-3433 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11916-020-00917-0 |
| Popis: | Virtual reality, via integration of immersive visual and auditory modalities, offers an innovative approach to pain management. The purpose of this review is to investigate the clinical application of virutal reality as an adjunct analgesic to standard of care, particularly in pediatric and burn patients. Although relatively new, virtual reality has been successfully implemented in a wide range of clinical scenarios for educational, diagnostic, and therapeutic purposes. Most recent literature supports the use of this adjunct analgesic in reducing pain intensity for pediatric and burn patients undergoing acute, painful procedures. This summative review demonstrates the efficacy of virtual reality in altering pain perception by decreasing pain and increasing functionality among pediatric and burn patients. However, large, multi-center randomized controlled trials are still warranted to generalize these findings to more diverse patient demographics and medical scenarios. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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