An Exercise in Futility? Developing Policy and Shaping Practice to Address Demands for “Nonbeneficial Medical Treatment” (SA536)

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Medical futility treatment in intensive care units.

OBJECTIVE To investigate cases of potential medical futility treatment in intensive care unit (ICU). MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective review of 1567 charts of patients treated during the three-year period (2012 - 2014) in the ICU of the University Hospital Centre Split, Croatia, was conducted. More detailed analysis of the deceased patients' (n=429) charts was performed to identify cases o...

Litigating Challenges to Executive Pay: An Exercise in Futility?

Futility and avoidance: medical professionals in the treatment of obesity.

WILDERNESS MEDICAL SOCIETY PRACTICE GUIDELINES Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

From the Military & Emergency Medicine Department, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Dr Bennett); Oakland University, Rochester, MI (Dr Hew-Butler); the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, and University of California Davis Medical Center, ...