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ReviewCurrent anesthesiology reports2021

State of the Art: Immersive Technologies for Perioperative Anxiety, Acute, and Chronic Pain Management in Pediatric Patients.

Mohammad Alqudimat, Giulia Mesaroli, Chitra Lalloo, Jennifer Stinson, Clyde Matava

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Review in Current anesthesiology reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Mixed Reality in Clinical Settings for Pediatric Patients and Their Families: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  8. Pain Management in Pediatric Burns: A Review of the Science behind It.Global health, epidemiology and genomics · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mohammad AlqudimatLawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Suite 130, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8 Canada.
Giulia MesaroliChild Health Evaluation Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 Canada.
Chitra LallooChild Health Evaluation Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 Canada.
Jennifer StinsonLawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Suite 130, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8 Canada.
Clyde MatavaDepartment of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9502-0981

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of Review: This review summarizes and provides a comprehensive narrative synthesis of the current evidence on immersive technology's (i.e., virtual and augmented Reality) use for perioperative anxiety, acute, and chronic pain in pediatrics. Recent Findings: Researchers have increasingly studied immersive technology as a non-pharmacological alternative for perioperative anxiety, acute, and chronic pain management. We found several research studies published over the last 3 years: almost all studies examined the use of virtual reality for perioperative anxiety and pain; only one case report was about the use of augmented reality for preoperative anxiety. Most studies showed that virtual reality intervention is effective and safe for perioperative anxiety, acute, and chronic pain. However, the studies are heterogeneous with relatively small sample sizes. Summary: This review shows that more high-quality studies (i.e., randomized controlled trials with larger sample sizes and standardized methods for measuring and reporting outcomes) are needed to examine the effectiveness and adverse effects of virtual reality intervention on perioperative anxiety, acute, and chronic pain in pediatrics.

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Augmented realityImmersive technologyPostoperative acute and chronic painPreoperative anxietyProcedural painVirtual reality

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PMID34276254
PMCPMC8277426

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