Futility: interpretation and usefulness in clinical practice.

نویسنده

  • Steven R Leuthner
چکیده

Introducing a new hobby for other people may inspire them to join with you. Reading, as one of mutual hobby, is considered as the very easy hobby to do. But, many people are not interested in this hobby. Why? Boring is the reason of why. However, this feel actually can deal with the book and time of you reading. Yeah, one that we will refer to break the boredom in reading is choosing futility interpretation and usefulness in clinical practice as the reading material.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Evaluation of the genetic test components

The sequencing of human genome leads to obtain an important data on genetic elements having   a crucial role in the molecular pathology of genetic disorders. This is the reason of introducing genetic tests to medical field. Genetic testing looks for changes at chromosomes, genes and protein level to detect heritable conditions for clinical purposes. Genetic tests used in routine practice are va...

متن کامل

An Adaptive Futility Monitoring Method with Time-Varying Conditional Power Boundary

For a long-term randomized clinical trial, it has become a well-accepted practice to include interim analyses in trial protocols. In addition to design an efficacy monitoring plan, investigators often develop a futility monitoring plan as well to prevent continuing a trial that has little chance to demonstrate treatment efficacy. Conditional power is the probability that the final analysis will...

متن کامل

Evidence-based medicine in pre-clinical years: a study of early introduction and usefulness

Introduction: Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has establisheditself as a strong predictor of future medical practice by medicalstudents. The purpose of this study was to determine theeffectiveness of EBM in pre-clinical years and reflect on selfassessmentskill of 4th semester medical students regarding theunderstanding of EBM and its various determinants.Methods: All of the 4th semester (MD4) med...

متن کامل

Age as a deciding factor in the consideration of futility for a medical intervention in patients among internal medicine physicians in two practice locations.

OBJECTIVES This study explores physicians' concepts of futility and use of age as a deciding factor in considering medical futility in clinical interventions. DESIGN Survey. SETTING Five academic hospitals in the United States. PARTICIPANTS Participants were 355 internal medicine physicians, including 162 residents, 98 fellows, and 95 attending physicians. MEASUREMENT Anonymous question...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • Health matrix

دوره 18 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008