Virtual anesthesia: The use of virtual reality for pain distraction during acute medical interventions

Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-210

  Gold, Jeffrey I ^a,b   Kant, Alexis J ^a   Kim, Seok Hyeon ^a,c   Rizzo, Albert ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical intervention; Pain distraction; Pain management; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN PUNCTURE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 28844449610     PISSN: 02770326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sane.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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