Sustainability: An Exercise in Futility

Litigating Challenges to Executive Pay: An Exercise in Futility?

Spirometric definition of COPD: exercise in futility or factual debate?

The current international guidelines for the diagnosis and management of COPD recognise spirometry as a major criterion to confirm a clinical diagnosis of COPD. The specific role of spirometry for the diagnosis of COPD is to identify the presence if airflow obstruction, which is the essential requirement for the definition of the disease. Although a reduction of the ratio of forced expiratory v...

Assessment of ventilatory abnormality in the asymptomatic subject: an exercise in futility.

The rising morbidity and mortality from chronic pulmonary disease has produced a great deal of interest in simple ventilatory testing among various population groups, as well as in the use of spirometry as part of annual physical examinations in business and industry: this growing concern in a serious health problem can only be commended. The use of these tests to compare pulmonary function in ...

Futility in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Critical Review from an Ethical Perspective

Several definitions for medical futility has been proposed in the literature. Medical futility is defined as the condition in which an intervention, either for diagnosis, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation or other medical goals, has no benefit for the individual patient. This critical review aimed to increase the understanding of physicians and other healthcare providers on the issue of fut...

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