Virtual Reality

Young children who used 3 minutes of virtual reality while undergoing chest radiography experienced reduced anxiety and distress and shorter procedure times, according to findings from a prospective randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Medical students who underwent surgical training with a virtual reality program performed better in a simulated procedure compared to medical students trained with a standard surgical guide, according to results presented at the Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting.

The use of artificial intelligence with ECGs predicted a patient’s sex and estimated physiologic age, which may be able to measure overall health, according to a study published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.