medical futility

Preferred Label : medical futility;

MeSH 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);

MeSH synonym : futility, medical;

MeSH Hyperonym : futility;

MeSH hyponym : treatment futility; Futility, Treatment;

Related MeSH term : futile treatment; Futile Treatments; Treatment, Futile; Treatments, Futile;

MeSH annotation : DF: MED FUTILITY;

Details

Origin ID

D018447;

UMLS CUI

C0242652;

Allowable qualifiers
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Borderline [NCIt concept]
- Borderline blood pressure (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Bound [NCIt concept]
- Incomplete distribution [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Limb [NCIt concept]
- Limb structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Limitation (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Limited [LOINC part]
- Limited [NCIt concept]
- Limited (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Limited Lifting Ability [NCIt concept]
- Limited Walking Ability [NCIt concept]
- Limited component (foundation metadata concept) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Limiter Device [NCIt concept]
- Limping (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [PCS menu]
- Restriction [NCIt concept]
- borderline [SNOMED Notion]
- limited [Radlex concept]
- marginal [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- overtreatment [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- futile treatment [MeSH concept]
- futility [MeSH concept]
- medical futility [MeSH concept]
- treatment futility [MeSH concept]
See also
- resuscitation orders [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Idea or Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- overtreatment [Q-code]

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