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Virtual Reality to Relieve Pain in Burn Patients Undergoing Imaging and Treatment

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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/topicsinmri by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVJ2toCr/9wZZjwPUWvYES9l2nY+zyylnl33NGMK6MRsx on 10/02/2020 REVIEW ARTICLE Virtual Reality to Relieve Pain in Burn Patients Undergoing Imaging and Treatment y y Mohammed S. Bermo, MD, David Patterson, MD, Sam R. Sharar, MD, y y Hunter Hoffman, PhD, and David H. Lewis, MD analgesics inadequate or requires a significantly higher dose to Abstract: Pain from burn injuries is among the most excruciating encoun- 2,4 achieve an acceptable level of analgesia. Opioid side effects tered in clinical practice. Pharmacological methods often fail to achieve and potential dependence tendency also limit dose levels and dura- acceptable level of analgesia in these patients, especially during burn wound tion of use. Side effects of opioids at therapeutic doses include dressing and debridement. Virtual reality (VR) distraction is a promising nausea, constipation, sedation, and potential respiratory depression. analgesic technique that progressed significantly in the last decade with Drug tolerance, that is, a gradual reduction of the analgesic effect development of commercially available, low-cost, high-resolution, wide with repeated administration, is another clinical problem, requiring field-of-view, standalone VR devices that can be used in many clinical gradual dose increase. Prolonged use leads to physical dependence, a scenarios. VR has demonstrated clinical benefit as an adjunctive

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Published: Aug 1, 2020

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