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Virtual reality for lumbar puncture in a morbidly obese patient with leukemia
Author(s) -
Thomas James J.,
Albietz Joseph,
Polaner David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/pan.13505
Subject(s) - medicine , virtual reality , morbidly obese , distraction , lumbar , lumbar puncture , leukemia , distraction osteogenesis , surgery , human–computer interaction , obesity , computer science , cerebrospinal fluid , neuroscience , weight loss , biology
Summary Virtual reality is an immersive technology that can provide distraction and anxiolysis during painful procedures. While it has been shown to be effective in less invasive procedures, it is underutilized in more invasive procedures. We describe using virtual reality for a morbidly obese patient with leukemia undergoing lumbar puncture. The use of virtual reality reduced the amount of analgesics and anxiolytics and the procedure and recovery times compared with no virtual reality.