Purpose of Review

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.

Recent Findings

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.

Summary

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.

中文翻译：

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虚拟现实在烧伤和儿科患者疼痛管理中的最新应用

审查目的

虚拟现实通过整合沉浸式视觉和听觉模式，为疼痛管理提供了一种创新方法。本综述的目的是调查虚拟现实作为标准护理的辅助镇痛剂的临床应用，特别是在儿科和烧伤患者中。

最近的发现

虽然相对较新，但虚拟现实已在广泛的临床场景中成功实施，用于教育、诊断和治疗目的。大多数最近的文献支持使用这种辅助镇痛剂来减轻接受急性疼痛手术的儿科和烧伤患者的疼痛强度。

概括

这篇总结性评论证明了虚拟现实在通过减少儿科和烧伤患者的疼痛和增加功能来改变疼痛感知方面的功效。然而，仍然需要大型、多中心随机对照试验将这些发现推广到更多样化的患者人口统计学和医疗场景。