Sentence examples for was deemed futile from inspiring English sources

The discussion ultimately was 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.

Among the 47 patients refused because supportive care was deemed "futile," 25 (53.2 %) referrals were motivated by the need of a second doctor for ethical advisory.

All patients in whom resuscitation was not performed or in which it was suspended, because of the existence of an advance care plan, the existence of do not resuscitate orders or those in which resuscitation was deemed futile, were also excluded.

Progression was assessed radiologically using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), or clinically when continuation of treatment was deemed futile (Eisenhauer et al, 2009).

The majority of patients with no clinical improvement either had no infection or had advanced malignancies for which active management was 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.

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.

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in the dying process is not always in the patient's best interest, life-prolonging therapies may be withheld or withdrawn when they are deemed "futile".

This system was aimed at the early referral of patients suffering from a devastating neurological injury (GCS < 8; NIHSS > 21; ICH > 3; post-anoxic encephalopathy-PAE), in whom all treatment options, including ICU admission, had been deemed futile by the attending team.

If <2/20 patients achieved a response (PR or CR per RECIST 1.1) using a central independent radiology review in Stage 1, then the treatment would be deemed futile and no additional patients would be enrolled into Stage 2 for that treatment schedule.