Human vs. Mannequins: ethical boundaries of airway simulation in patients.

Authors

  • Miriam Sánchez Merchante Servicio de Anestesiología, H.U. Fundación Alcorcón (Madrid)
  • Eugenio Martínez Hurtado Servicio de Anestesiología, H.U. Infanta Leonor (Madrid)
  • Marisa Mariscal Flores Servicio Anestesiología del H. U. Getafe (Madrid)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v11i10.738

Keywords:

Ethics, airway, research, simulation

Abstract

Research in anaesthesia is dominated without any doubt, by studies based on mannequins, despite the existing doubts about the validity of extrapolate its revelations to real patients.

Mannequins are not able to fully reproduce the airway patient´s anatomy, lacking the ability of replicate specially human tissues´ structure and sensation, cervical spine mobility, anatomic proportions variability and pathological changes, which results in a critical allegiance failure.

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Published

2020-08-13

How to Cite

Sánchez Merchante, M., Martínez Hurtado, E., & Mariscal Flores, M. (2020). Human vs. Mannequins: ethical boundaries of airway simulation in patients. Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR, 11(10), 3. https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v11i10.738

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