 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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Futility" by people in Profiles.
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Janvier A, Prentice T, Wallace J, Robson K, Mann P, Lantos JD. Does It Matter if This Baby Is 22 or 23 Weeks? Pediatrics. 2019 09; 144(3).
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Lantos JD. Ethical Problems in Decision Making in the Neonatal ICU. N Engl J Med. 2018 11 08; 379(19):1851-1860.
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Lantos J. Intractable Disagreements About Futility. Perspect Biol Med. 2018; 60(3):390-399.
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Leeuwenburgh-Pronk WG, Miller-Smith L, Forman V, Lantos JD, Tibboel D, Buysse C. Are we allowed to discontinue medical treatment in this child? Pediatrics. 2015 Mar; 135(3):545-9.
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Weiner J, Sharma J, Lantos J, Kilbride H. Does diagnosis influence end-of-life decisions in the neonatal intensive care unit? J Perinatol. 2015 Feb; 35(2):151-4.
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Wightman A, Largent E, Del Beccaro M, Lantos JD. Who should get the last PICU bed? Pediatrics. 2014 May; 133(5):907-12.
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Feltman D, Stokes T, Kett J, Lantos JD. Is treatment futile for an extremely premature infant with giant omphalocele? Pediatrics. 2014 Jan; 133(1):123-8.
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Lantos JD, Meadow WL. Should the "slow code" be resuscitated? Am J Bioeth. 2011 Nov; 11(11):8-12.
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Meadow W, Lantos J. Re-animating the 'slow code'. Acta Paediatr. 2011 Aug; 100(8):1077-8.
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Frader J, Kodish E, Lantos JD. Ethics rounds. Symbolic resuscitation, medical futility, and parental rights. Pediatrics. 2010 Oct; 126(4):769-72.
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