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Maria Isadora was born with a heart issue and, since her birth, the family knew that the unraveling for the girl\u2019s case would be a transplant. Throughout her life she was in treatment, until at the age of nine she had a sudden illness. In a new reassessment, the doctors concluded that the time had come to indicate the transplant. \u201cMaria\u2019s heart was very weak, and she couldn\u2019t take it much longer,\u201d says her mother, Luiza de Ara\u00fajo. From the day of admission to discharge after the transplant, the little girl was hospitalized for 97 days at Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe. The transplant was a success, and today she is living a normal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course of these 97 days, however, was full of challenges. One of them was the fear and anxiety that the girl had when she knew that she would undergo a procedure that could cause pain. And, once again, Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe\u2019s willingness to offer a humanized service made all the difference. \u201cWe needed to remove an access that was connected directly to her heart, and when she learned that she would undergo the procedure, she became very anxious, and crying a lot,\u201d remembers medical doctor Rita de C\u00e1ssia Rodrigues Silva, from the Cardiology ICU. It was then that she decided to start assessing a new way to distract children who need to go through painful procedures: virtual reality glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had already been reading some studies about the use of this tool as a form of distraction for children, and as we had the glasses from the Realistic Simulation Center, I decided to assess it,\u201d she reveals. Broadcasting a film that simulates a game on a roller coaster, the glasses were placed on the girl. While the doctor was talking to her about the movie that was playing, the nurse managed to remove the access. \u201cWhen the procedure was over, I took off Maria\u2019s glasses and she couldn\u2019t believe what had happened,\u201d says the doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the successful experience in the Cardiology ICU, the equipment began to be used in patients in other sectors. \u201cThe goal is really to lessen children\u2019s anxiety and pain. The virtual reality glasses take the child out of the stressful environment in which it finds itself and remove the child to another reality, allowing the procedures to be done in a more harmonious way,\u201d explains Rita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research<\/strong>
In order to deepen the knowledge about the effect of virtual reality glasses in the care of children, a survey will be conducted in the Emergency Room of the Hospital with patients who need venipuncture, which is a painful procedure and generates anxiety in children. \u201cTaking as basis the results of this research, we will have scientific evidence generated here in our institution,\u201d emphasizes the doctor. The project has already been approved by the Ethics Committee in Research Involving Human Beings and will begin to be conducted in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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