Reducing the pain in invasive procedures during paediatric hospital admissions: Fiction, reality or virtual reality?

• Main Authors: Blanca Toledo del Castillo (Author), Jorge Alejandro Pérez Torres (Author), Lidia Morente Sánchez (Author), María Escobar Castellanos (Author), Laura Escobar Fernández (Author), María Isabel González Sánchez (Author), Rosa Rodríguez Fernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Potentially painful invasive procedures are often performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in hospitalised paediatric patients. Approaches, such as virtual reality (VR), should be sought in order to minimise pain and anxiety during these procedures. Materials and methods: Hospi...