Sentence examples for deem futile from inspiring English sources

Physicians in intensive care units routinely limit treatments they deem futile, especially for terminal illnesses.

Many doctors would like New York law relaxed so they have more say in situations they deem futile.

The discussion ultimately was deemed futile.

The effort is widely deemed futile (to say nothing of blasphemous).

Meanwhile, an 18-year-old with a brain tumour is alive longer than expected, his prognosis deemed futile.

The patient and her family were thankfully realistic about her prognosis and didn't want heroic measures to prolong her life if such measures are deemed futile.

The management of Comix, a comedy club near 14th Street and Ninth Avenue that's more Tanqueray than Sam Adams, invited Ms. Hong to host a show a few months back in hopes of attracting an Asian audience, a plan she initially deemed futile.

Dr. Steinbrook said potential donors included patients on ventilators after devastating and irreversible brain injuries, as might follow a hemorrhagic stroke, as well as patients with high spinal cord injuries and terminal musculoskeletal diseases like ALS, for whom further medical treatment is deemed futile.

Supportive care deemed "futile" represents the leading reason for these refusals.

Because interfering in the dying process is not always in the patient's best interest, life-prolonging therapies may be withheld or withdrawn when they are deemed "futile".

Forty-seven patients were not admitted to the ICU because supportive care was deemed "futile," and 31 (66 %) of them died in hospital.