Feasibility of the Audio-Visual Assisted Therapeutic Ambience in Radiotherapy (AVATAR) System for Anesthesia Avoidance in Pediatric Patients: A Multicenter Trial

• Published in: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Vol. 117; no. 1; pp. 96 - 104
• Main Authors: Gutkin, Paulina M, Skinner, Lawrie, Jiang, Alice, Donaldson, Sarah S, Loo, Jr, Billy W, Oh, Justin, Wang, Yi Peng, von Eyben, Rie, Snyder, John, Bredfeldt, Jeremy S, Breneman, John C, Constine, Louis S, Faught, Austin M, Haas-Kogan, Daphne, Holmes, Jordan A, Krasin, Matthew, Larkin, Charlene, Marcus, Karen J, Maxim, Peter G, McClelland, 3rd, Shearwood, Murphy, Blair, Palmer, Joshua D, Perkins, Stephanie M, Shen, Colette J, Terezakis, Stephanie, Bush, Karl, Hiniker, Susan M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Child; Child, Preschool; Feasibility Studies; Humans; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Radiation Oncology

The Audio-Visual Assisted Therapeutic Ambience in Radiotherapy (AVATAR) system was the first published radiation therapy (RT)-compatible system to reduce the need for pediatric anesthesia through video-based distraction. We evaluated the feasibility of AVATAR implementation and effects on anesthesia...