Sentence examples for possible to prolong from inspiring English sources

That obligates the physician to do everything possible to prolong life, often at the expense of the patient's comfort.

Some reasons for this are legal: nursing homes are tightly regulated in their use of opium-based pain-killers, and also fear lawsuits if they fail to do everything possible to prolong life.

It created some of the technical foundations needed for sensor networking, such as a pared-down computer operating system, database and protocol for sensors to send traffic (but "sleep" as much as possible to prolong battery life).

The theologians often split along religious lines, with Christians saying that to delay death was to delay union with God, and a Jew, Rabbi Neil Gilman of the Jewish Theological Center, declaring that everything possible to prolong life must be done.

He also urged the NHS to stop "keeping people going at any price" when they are near death by doing everything possible to prolong their lives, such as using drips and trying other forms of treatment, which he described as "a big problem".

Use of monocrystalline tungsten as a structural material makes it possible to prolong the service life of modern technical facilities.

In both cases, the goal of continuing endocrine therapy for as long as possible is to prolong the control of the disease and delay the need for chemotherapy, thus also delaying its associated toxicity.

Their statement also sent a message of impatience with any possible Iranian attempts to prolong or stall negotiations over the nuclear program.

Secondary cytoreductive surgery is performed to remove as much of the tumour as possible in order to prolong survival in patients with PSR EOC.

With the advances in sequencing technology and decreasing costs it is possible that, in the near future, advanced-stage LCINS may be primarily treated with molecularly targeted therapy, and it would be possible to achieve prolonged periods of disease control similar to the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST).

This might oppose a more elective approach in which patients with ARDS are put on HFOV as quickly as possible to avoid prolonged ventilation on CV rather than waiting until a certain level of OI has been reached, as has been suggested [ 18].