Airway Management: why training, judgement, and competence remain the most important technologies
Daniel Perin, Rodrigo Leal Alves · 2026
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Daniel Perin and Rodrigo Leal Alves wrote a 2026 editorial arguing that training and judgement, not gadgets, remain the core technology of airway management. Anaesthetists now have video scopes, better breathing tubes, ultrasound, and cheap printed devices, vastly widening the toolkit over two decades.
Discussing three studies in the same journal issue, including a low-cost 3D-printed video laryngoscope, they stress that tools fail without structured education and practised decision making. Success still rests on knowledge, preparation, and experience when a patient's airway turns difficult. Their message to the specialty is to invest in people as heavily as in equipment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daniel Perin, Rodrigo Leal Alves |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6213 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |