 Medical Futility
"Medical Futility" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The absence of a useful purpose or useful result in a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention. The situation of a patient whose condition will not be improved by treatment or instances in which treatment preserves permanent unconsciousness or cannot end dependence on intensive medical care. (From Ann Intern Med 1990 Jun 15;112(12):949)
| Descriptor ID |
D018447
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.789.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Futile Treatment- Futile Treatment
- Futile Treatments
- Treatment, Futile
- Treatments, Futile
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Futility" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Medical Futility" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Futility" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Nissen AP, Sandhu HK, Perlick AP, Wong VL, Smith TA, Smeds MR, Saqib NU, Martin GH, Miller CC, Charlton-Ouw KM. Heparin-bonded versus standard polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous grafts: A Bayesian perspective on a randomized controlled trial for comparative effectiveness. Surgery. 2020 Dec; 168(6):1066-1074.
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Giorgakis E, Khorsandi SE, Jassem W, Heaton N. DCD consensus and futility in liver transplantation. J Hepatol. 2018 07; 69(1):255-256.
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Kalkwarf KJ, Jensen SD, Allukian M, Harting MT, Cox CS, Fox EE, Wade CE, Cotton BA. Can We Identify Futility in Kids? An Evaluation of Admission Parameters Predicting 100% Mortality in 1,292 Severely Injured Children. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 04; 226(4):662-667.
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Pioglitazone in early Parkinson's disease: a phase 2, multicentre, double-blind, randomised trial. Lancet Neurol. 2015 Aug; 14(8):795-803.
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Hackler C. Finishing the Texas Advance Directives Law. Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(8):58-60.
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