Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Virtual and augmented reality in intensive care medicine: a systematic review
Authors' conclusion
Both, VR and AR, offer multiple possibilities to improve current care, both from the perspective of the healthcare professional and the patient.
Study context
- Population
- Intensive care unit (ICU) health care providers and critically ill children or adults in the ICUstudies included
- Participants
- 59 participants
- Outcome
- Applications of VR and AR in intensive care medicine
Methodological detailsPubMed searched until 1st March 2023
- PubMed searched until 1st March 2023
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
- Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) can help ICU personnel train, plan and perform difficult procedures (CPR, vascular punctures, endotracheal intubation, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy)
- Patients might benefit from VR during invasive interventions and ICU stay by alleviating stress or pain
- VR enables contact with relatives and can assist patients in rehabilitation programs
- Many publications are case reports or study plans or lack a control group; study designs seldom comparable
Original publication
Virtual and augmented reality in intensive care medicine: a systematic review. Ann Intensive Care. Published 11 September 2023. doi:10.
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