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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018447
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018447
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| Preferred Name | Medical Futility |
| Definitions |
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)
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| Synonyms |
Treatment, Futile
Futility, Medical
Treatment Futility
Futile Treatments
Futile Treatment
Treatments, Futile
Futility, Treatment
Futility
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| definition | 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) |
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| altLabel |
Treatment, Futile
Futility, Medical
Treatment Futility
Futile Treatments
Futile Treatment
Treatments, Futile
Futility, Treatment
Futility
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| prefLabel | Medical Futility
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| Machine permutation | 95
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| HN | 95
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| type | |
| tui |
T078
T058
T080
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| TERMUI |
T054957
T054956
T054954
T054955
T054953
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| TH |
NLM (1995)
BIOETHICS (1991)
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| MMR | 20030709
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| notation | D018447
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| Inverse of RO | |
| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| Inverse of AQ | |
| FX | D016414
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| DX | 19950101
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| cui |
C0242652
C0242651
C0242650
C0086322
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| DC | 1
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| MN | E01.789.600
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| AQL | ES LJ PX
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| MDA | 19990101
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