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Resuscitation Futility

Resuscitation Futility is a clinical ethics construct that designates a medical intervention as physiologically incapable of achieving its intended therapeutic objective in the context of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, thereby distinguishing it from other interventions by its inability to produce a meaningful recovery despite technical success.

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128

Authors

74

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2017–2026

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Variants

Cpr FutilityMedical Futility In Resuscitation

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Publications

38

Futility and the Ethics of Resuscitation

Tom Tomlinson · JAMA · 1990 · 269 citations

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Use of the Medical Futility Rationale in Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation Orders

J. Randall Curtis, David R. Park, Melissa Krone et al. · JAMA · 1995 · 151 citations

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In-hospital resuscitation following unsuccessful prehospital advanced cardiac life support: ‘Heroic Efforts’ or an exercise in futility?

Arthur L. Kellermann, Diane R Staves, Béla B. Hackman · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 1988 · 138 citations

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The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation-Not-Indicated Order: Futility Revisited

David B. Waisel · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1995 · 137 citations

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Is Cardiac Resuscitation Worthwhile?

Jean Lemire · New England Journal of Medicine · 1972 · 102 citations

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Authors

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  1. JR
    J. Randall Curtis

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 215 citations

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  2. GC
    George C. Velmahos

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  3. TT
    Tom Tomlinson

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 362 citations

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  4. NS
    Nancy S. Jecker

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  5. LV
    Lucas Vivas

    William Osler Health System, Canada

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

74

  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    420 citations

  2. Helsinki University Hospital

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    151 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    610 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    836 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    141 citations

  6. St Vincent Hospital

    Indianapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

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Venues

  1. JAMA

    5 publications · 572 citations

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  2. Resuscitation

    4 publications · 139 citations

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  3. Journal of Medical Ethics

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  4. Archives of Internal Medicine

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  5. Critical Care Medicine

    2 publications · 100 citations

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