Gupta Abhinav, Joseph Thomas James
From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
A A Pract. 2019 Dec 15;13(12):454-456. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001114.
Virtual reality (VR), a computer-generated simulation of a 3-dimensional environment, is a relatively new method of providing distraction before and during procedures. We describe the use of a VR multiuser application, Oculus Rooms, to calm an anxious 10-year-old boy during transportation to the operating room and induction of anesthesia. The use of VR could lessen the perioperative anxiety of children by maintaining a virtual child-parent connection while avoiding the potential drawbacks to having parents actually in the operating room before and during induction of anesthesia. The success of this novel technique has important implications for future clinical trials and practice.
虚拟现实（VR）是一种计算机生成的三维环境模拟，是在手术前和手术过程中提供分心刺激的一种相对较新的方法。我们描述了使用VR多用户应用程序Oculus Rooms，在将一名焦虑的10岁男孩送往手术室和诱导麻醉期间使其平静下来的情况。VR的使用可以通过维持虚拟的亲子联系来减轻儿童围手术期的焦虑，同时避免父母在麻醉诱导前和诱导期间实际进入手术室可能带来的潜在弊端。这项新技术的成功对未来的临床试验和实践具有重要意义。
