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A Multimodal Analgesic Virtual Reality Program To Reduce Opioid Exposure, Jessica Hovland
A Multimodal Analgesic Virtual Reality Program To Reduce Opioid Exposure, Jessica Hovland
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The opioid crisis continues to be a public health concern. Traditionally, an opioid-centric approach treats postoperative pain.
The following PICOT question guided this project: Will initiating a multimodal analgesic virtual reality quality improvement program (I) compared to current practice (C) decrease opioid requirements (O) in robotic hysterectomy patients (P) during the postoperative period (T)? Several articles promote non-opioid analgesia and non-pharmacological interventions, such as multimodal analgesia and virtual reality (VR) for pain management.
This project reviewed pre- and post-implementation data after implementing new evidence-based multimodal analgesia and VR protocols. The project captured a total of 64 patients in the pre-implementation …