Ethical Aspects of Personalized Research and Management of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in Children

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a life-threatening condition with nonspecific symptoms. Because of that, defining a targeted therapy against SIRS in children and adults remains a challenge. The identification of diagnostic patterns from individualized immuneprofiling can lead to development of a personalized therapy. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze ethical issues associated with personalized research and therapy for SIRS in pediatric populations. We conducted an ethical analysis based on a principled approach according to Beauchamp and Childress' four bioethical principles. Relevant information for the research objectives was extracted from a systematic literature review conducted in the scientific databases PubMed, Embase and Web of Science. We searched for pertinent themes dealing with at least one of the four bioethical principles: "autonomy", "non-maleficence", "beneficence" and "justice". 48 publications that met the research objectives were included in the thorough analysis, structured and discussed in a narrative synthesis. From the analysis of the results, it has emerged that traditional paradigms of patient's autonomy and physician paternalism need to be reexamined in pediatric research. Standard information procedures and models of informed consent should be reconsidered as they do not accommodate the complexities of pediatric omics research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 20(2022), 1 vom: 28. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Groff, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Orzechowski, Marcin [VerfasserIn]
Schuetz, Catharina [VerfasserIn]
Steger, Florian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Child
Clinical ethics
Journal Article
Personalized medicine
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research ethics
SIRS
Systematic Review
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.01.2023

Date Revised 07.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph20010470

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351238867