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ACGME Competencies: Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, System-based Practice
Keyword(s): medial futility
Medical Futility
The term “medical futility” is commonly used by health professionals to discuss the appropriateness of a medical treatment option.
What is the Texas “futile care” law?
The Texas “futile-care” law, which was originally enacted in 1999= , is contained within the Texas Advance Directives Act (“TADA”).  According to this law, a physici= an may refuse to honor a patient’s advance directive or decision to contin= ue life-sustaining treatment if the physician believes the continued treatme= nt would be medically hopeless or futile.
The physician’s decision to refuse treatment is subject to review by the hospital’s ethics committee, and if the committee agrees with the physician and determines the case is futile, the patient’s family or surrogate decision-maker has ten days to make arrangements to transfer the patient to a facility willing to continue the treatment.
 While the hospital must provide life-sustaining treatment pending transfer arrangements, the hospital has= no obligation to continue the treatment after ten days. The patient’s family or surrogate may seek court intervention to extend the ten-day per= iod, but before a court can grant such an extension, it must find by a preponderance of the evidence there is a reasonable expectation that the family or surrogate will find a physician or facility that will honor the patient’s directive if the time extension is granted.
Nationwide, “futile-care” statutes vary from state to state. Texas is but= one of two states with a specific timetable for terminating a patient’s life-sustaining treatment if a successful transfer has not been arranged.=
 According to the National Right t= o Life Committee, ten states have laws requiring life-sustaining treatment pendi= ng transfer, but there are no time constraints imposed on arranging the transfer. Forty-one states and two territories have either questionable l= aws regarding the continuation of life-sustaining treatment pending transfer,= or have no effective protection of a patient’s advance directive to continue life-sustaining treatment if the patient’s physician is unwilling to continue treatment.

The competing core values — the physician’s ethical concerns and = the family’s intent to honor what they believe to be the patient’s desires — may pit physicians and family members against one another= in the most vulnerable of circumstances. When an ethics committee deems that continued treatment is futile, yet the family members want to continue treatment, arguably the balance of bargaining power tips in favor of the physicians and hospitals, leaving the family without recourse if they can= not find a transfer facility willing to honor the patient’s directive.<= /font>
Effective communication is a key component for breaking barriers of misunderstandin= g. While the current law requires some communication between the physician a= nd family, it does not provide a forum to facilitate ongoing and effective communication. The primary purpose of ongoing communication is to educate= the family in a non-coercive way about the medical issues and the futility of continued treatment, and while at the same time, allow the family to enlighten and share with the health care providers their point of view on= the emotional, spiritual, and medical concerns.


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The public, policymakers, ethicists and the medical profession have been unable to agree on a clear, concise definition of futility that can be applied to all medical situations.
One commonly used definition is that a futile intervention is one that
 a) is unlikely to be of any benefi= t to a particular      patient in= a particular medical situation,
b) will not achieve the patient’s intended goals.
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A key issues in a= ll futility definitions is the concept of benefit,<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;text-shadow:auto;color:white;mso-color-index:0'= > as the perception of benefit is highly subjective.
Physicians, patients and families often have very different views on what is potentially beneficial.   For example, although a physician may believe that renal dialysis in an e= lderly demented patient is futile,
 the family that views preservation= of life at all costs as part of their cultural ethos, may view dialysis as an important intervention to continue life.
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Medical futility = can be easily misunderstood as health care rationing.
While economic issues may impact shared decision making, the ultimate question is not
"how much does this th= erapy cost?“
 rather,
 "do the advantages of this th= erapy    outweigh the disadvant= ages in a given    patient?"
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Quantitative futility refers to the intervention that has a very small chance of benefiting the patient
—the most commonly used number is < 1% chance of success.
The term qualitative futility describes a situation in which = the quality of benefit an intervention will produce is exceedingly poor.
TYPES OF FUTILITY
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Physicians a= re not legally, professionally or ethically required to offer medically futil= e = treatments, as define= d by the standard of care of the medical community. Ethics committees, hospitals, and local/state medical organizations can provide resources to = understand medical futility and professional responsibilities in one’s practice area.
Suggestions
= Check with your health care institution re: the presence of an existing futility policy.
= Avoid using the term “futility” in discussion with patients/fam= ilies; rather, speak in terms of benefits/burdens of treatment= and patient or family-specific goals of care.
Involve a palliative care and/or ethics consultant in any situation wh= ere “futility” will be invoked as process step in formulating decisions.
References  Doty WD, Walker RM. Med= ical Futility. Clinical Cardiology. 2000; 23: II6-II16. &= #13;
Schneiderman LJ, Jecker NS, Jonsen AR. Medical futility: Its Meaning and Ethical Implications. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1990;112:949-954.
Ca= ntor MD, et al. Do not resuscitate orders and medical futility. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:2689-2694.
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ACGME Competencies: Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, System-based Practice
Keyword(s): medial futility
Case 1
A y= oung accident victim has been in a persistent vegetative state for <= /span>several months and family members have insisted that "everything possible&= quot; be done to keep the patient alive. Should you honor the family's request? What are your professional obligations?<= b>
Case 2
An elderly patient with irreversible respiratory disease is in the intensive care unit where repeated efforts to wean him from ventilatory support have been unsuccessful. There is general agreement among the health care team that he could not survive outside of an intensive care setting. The patient has requested antibiotics should he develop an infection and <= /span>CPR if he has a cardiac arrest. Should a distinction be made between the interventions requested by the = patient?
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Discussion
Both Case 1 = and Case 2 illustrate the possible conflicts that can arise = with patients or family members about withholding or withdrawing futile interventions. =
If you and other members of the health care team agree = that the interventions in question would be futile, the goal should be to withdraw or withhold these interventions. <= /span>
Achieving this goal requires working in tan= dem with the patient and/or family, as w= ell as drawing upon resources, such as social workers, <= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-size:83%;text-shadow:auto;color:white; mso-color-index:0'>hospital chaplains, and ethics committees. <= /span>
If there is no professional consensus about the futilit= y of a particular intervention, then there is no ethical basis for overriding the requests <= span style=3D'position:absolute;top:79.75%;left:8.42%;width:86.7%;height:4.5%'>= of patients and/or family members for that intervention= .
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An elderly man who lives in a nursing home is admitted with  with pneumonia.
He is awake but severely demented. He can only mumbl= e, but interacts and acknowled= ges family members. The admitting resident = says that treating his pneumonia with antibiotics would be "futile" and suggests approaching= the family with this stance. &= #13;
Do you agree?
Case 3
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In many cases, "futility" is used inaccurately to describe = situations that appear undesirable. <= /span>
For this patient, treating pneumonia with antibiotics stands a reasonable chance of success.
The patient's quality of life, though low, is not unacceptably so.
Unless the patient (or if found incapacitated, his surrogate) was to say that he would find this quality of life unacceptably low, there is neither quantitative nor qualitative grounds for calling = antibiotics futile in this case. <= /div>
Case 3 Discussion
Source: The Bioethics Education Project;  The Department of Medical History and Ethics; University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle, WA 
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Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care
3DAMA
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Medical futility: its meaning and ethical implications.
Schneider= man LJ, Jecker NS= , Jonsen AR= .
School of Medicine, Univer= sity of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Ann Intern Med. 1990 Jun 15;112(12):949-54.
The notion of medical futi= lity has quantitative and qualitative roots that offer a practical approach to its definition and application.
Applying these traditions to contemporary medical practice, we propose that when physicians conclude
 either through personal experience=
 experiences shared with colleagues, or
 consideration of published empiric data
that in the last 100 cases a medical treatment has been useless, they should regard that treatment as futile.
If a treatment merely preserves permanent unconsciousness or cannot end dependence on intensive medical care, the treatment = should be considered futile.
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<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-size:75%;color:white;mso-color-index:0; text-shadow:auto'>§<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-size:75%;text-shadow:auto;color:white; mso-color-index:0'>Unlike decision analysis,  which defines the expected gain fr= om a treatment by  the joint product of probability of success and utility of outcome,
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§<= span style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-size:75%;text-shadow:auto;color:white; mso-color-index:0'>Futility should be distinguished from such concepts = as   theoretical impossibility, such expressions as "uncommon" or "rare," and
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Treatment that fails to provide the latter, whether = or not it achieves the former, is "futile".
Ann Intern Med. 1990 Jun 15;112(12):949-54.
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Medical Futility in Long Term Care: Principles and Process;= DADS Texas Geriatrics Symposium 2002; Robert L. <= /span>F= ine, MD, FACP
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What is the Texas “futile care” law?
The Texas “futile-care” law, which was originally enacted in 1= 999, is contained within the Texas Advance Directives Act (“TADA”).  Accord= ing to this law, a physician may refuse to honor a patient’s advance direct= ive or decision to continue life-sustaining treatment if the physician believes the continued treatment would be medically hopeless or futile. The physician’s decision to refuse treatment is subject to review by the= hospital’s ethics committee, and if the committee agrees with the physician and determines the case is futile, the patient’s family or surrogate decision-maker has ten days to make arrangements to transfer the patient t= o a facility willing to continue the treatment. While the hospital must provide life-sustaining treatment pending transfer arrangements, the hospi= tal has no obligation to continue the treatment after ten days. The patient’s family or surrogate may seek court intervention to extend = the ten-day period, but before a court can grant such an extension, it must fi= nd by a preponderance of the evidence there is a reasonable expectation that the= family or surrogate will find a physician or facility that will honor the patient’s directive if the time extension is granted. Nationwid= e, “futile-care” statutes vary from state to state. Texas is but = one of two states with a specific timetable for terminating a patient’s life-sustaining treatment if a successful transfer has not been arranged.&= #13; According to the National Right to Life Committee, ten states have laws re= quiring life-sustaining treatment pending transfer, but there are no time constrai= nts imposed on arranging the transfer. Forty-one states and two territories ha= ve either questionable laws regarding the continuation of life-sustaining treatment pending transfer, or have no effective protection of a patient&#= 8217;s advance directive to continue life-sustaining treatment if the patientR= 17;s physician is unwilling to continue treatment.
The competing core values —= ; the physician’s ethical concerns and the family’s intent to honor = what they believe to be the patient’s desires — may pit physicians = and family members against one another in the most vulnerable of circumstances. When an ethics committee deems that continued treatment is futile, yet the family members want to continue treatment, arguably the balance of bargain= ing power tips in favor of the physicians and hospitals, leaving the family without recourse if they cannot find a transfer facility willing to honor = the patient’s directive.
Effective communication is a key component for breaking barriers of misunderstanding. While the current law requires some communication between the physician and family, it does not provide a forum to facilitate ongoing and effective communication. The pri= mary purpose of ongoing communication is to educate the family in a non-coercive way about the medical issues and the futility of continued treatment, and while at the same time, allow the family to enlighten and share with the health care providers their point of view on the emotional, spiritual, and medical concerns.
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') doc.close() } function SetSldVisited(){ GetSldList().mList[gCurSld-1].mVisited=3Dtrue } function IsSldVisited(){ return GetSldList().mList[gCurSld-1].mVisited } function hrefList( sldHref, visible, advDelay, advClk ) { this.mSldHref=3D this.mNtsHref =3D sldHref this.mOrigVis=3D this.mVis =3D visible this.mVisited=3D false this.mAdvDelay=3D advDelay this.mAdvOnClk=3D advClk } function SldList(arr,curSld,fEnd) { this.mCurSld =3D curSld; this.mList =3D new Array(); var idx =3D 1; for(ii=3D0;ii 0) { PushSldList(sldList,fEnd); gCurSld =3D 1; } else if( PPTSld.event ) PPTSld.event.cancelBubble=3Dtrue } function PushSldList(arr,fEnd) { var ii =3D gSldStack.length; gSldStack[ii] =3D new SldList(arr,gCurSld,fEnd); GoToSld( gSldStack[ii].mList[0].mSldHref ); } function PopSldList() { if (gSldStack[gSldStack.length-1].fEndShow) EndShow() else { gCurSld =3D gSldStack[gSldStack.length-1].mCurSld; gSldStack[gSldStack.length-1] =3D null; gSldStack.length--; var sldList =3D gSldStack[gSldStack.length-1]; GoToSld( sldList.mList[gCurSld - 1].mSldHref ); } } var custShowList=3Dnew Array(); /********************************************* Navigation button implementation There are 2 types of buttons: ImgBtn, TxtBtn implemented as function objects. They share a similiar interface so the event handlers can call SetActive, for example, on a button=20 object without needing to know exactly=20 what type of button it is. **********************************************/ //---------------------------------- function ImgBtn( oId,bId,w,action ) //---------------------------------- { var t=3Dthis t.Perform =3D _IBP t.SetActive =3D _IBSetA t.SetInactive=3D _IBSetI t.SetPressed =3D _IBSetP t.SetDisabled=3D _IBSetD t.Enabled =3D _IBSetE t.ChangeIcon =3D null t.UserAction =3D action t.ChgState =3D _IBUI t.mObjId =3D oId t.mBorderId=3D bId t.mWidth =3D w t.mIsOn =3D t.mCurState =3D 0 } function _IBSetA() { if( this.mIsOn ) { obj=3Dthis.ChgState( gHiliteClr,gShadowClr,2 ) obj.style.posTop=3D0 } } function _IBSetI() { if( this.mIsOn ) { obj=3Dthis.ChgState( gFaceClr,gFaceClr,1 ) obj.style.posTop=3D0=20 } } function _IBSetP() { if( this.mIsOn ) { obj=3Dthis.ChgState( gShadowClr,gHiliteClr,2 ) obj.style.posLeft+=3D1; obj.style.posTop+=3D1 } } function _IBSetD() { =20 obj=3Dthis.ChgState( gFaceClr,gFaceClr,0 ) obj.style.posTop=3D0=20 } function _IBSetE( state ) { var t=3Dthis GetObj( t.mBorderId ).style.visibility=3D"visible" if( state !=3D t.mIsOn ) { t.mIsOn=3Dstate if( state ) t.SetInactive() else t.SetDisabled() } } function _IBP() { var t=3Dthis if( t.mIsOn ) { if( t.UserAction !=3D null ) t.UserAction() if( t.ChangeIcon ) { obj=3DGetObj(t.mObjId) if( t.ChangeIcon() ) obj.style.posLeft=3Dobj.style.posLeft+(t.mCurState-4)*t.mWidth else obj.style.posLeft=3Dobj.style.posLeft+(t.mCurState-0)*t.mWidth } t.SetActive() } =20 } function _IBUI( clr1,clr2,nextState ) { var t=3Dthis SetBorder( GetObj( t.mBorderId ),clr1,clr2 ) obj=3DGetObj( t.mObjId ) obj.style.posLeft=3Dobj.style.posLeft+(t.mCurState-nextState)*t.mWidth-obj= .style.posTop t.mCurState=3DnextState return obj } //----------------------------------------- function TxtBtn( oId,oeId,action,chkState ) //----------------------------------------- { var t=3Dthis t.Perform =3D _TBP t.SetActive =3D _TBSetA t.SetInactive=3D _TBSetI t.SetPressed =3D _TBSetP t.SetDisabled=3D _TBSetD t.SetEnabled =3D _TBSetE t.GetState =3D chkState t.UserAction =3D action t.ChgState =3D _TBUI t.mObjId =3D oId t.m_elementsId=3D oeId t.mIsOn =3D 1 } function _TBSetA() { var t=3Dthis if( t.mIsOn && !t.GetState() ) t.ChgState( gHiliteClr,gShadowClr,0,0 ) } function _TBSetI() { var t=3Dthis if( t.mIsOn && !t.GetState() ) t.ChgState( gFaceClr,gFaceClr,0,0 ) } function _TBSetP() { if( this.mIsOn ) this.ChgState( gShadowClr,gHiliteClr,1,1 ) } function _TBSetD() { =20 this.ChgState( gFaceClr,gFaceClr,0,0 ) this.mIsOn =3D 0 } function _TBSetE() { var t=3Dthis if( !t.GetState() ) t.ChgState( gFaceClr,gFaceClr,0,0 ) else t.ChgState( gShadowClr,gHiliteClr,1,1 ) t.mIsOn =3D 1 } function _TBP() { var t=3Dthis if( t.mIsOn ) {=20 if( t.UserAction !=3D null ) t.UserAction() if( !t.GetState ) return if( t.GetState() ) t.SetPressed() else t.SetActive() } =20 } function _TBUI( clr1,clr2,lOffset,tOffset ) { SetBorder( GetObj( this.mObjId ),clr1,clr2 ) Offset( GetObj( this.m_elementsId ),lOffset,tOffset ) } function Offset( obj, top, left ){ obj.style.top=3Dtop; obj.style.left=3Dle= ft } function SetBorder( obj, upperLeft, lowerRight ) { s=3Dobj.style; s.borderStyle =3D "solid" s.borderWidth =3D 1=20 s.borderLeftColor =3D s.borderTopColor =3D upperLeft s.borderBottomColor=3D s.borderRightColor =3D lowerRight } function GetBtnObj(){ return gBtnArr[window.event.srcElement.id] } function BtnOnOver(){ b=3DGetBtnObj(); if( b !=3D null ) b.SetActive() } function BtnOnDown(){ b=3DGetBtnObj(); if( b !=3D null ) b.SetPressed() } function BtnOnOut(){ b=3DGetBtnObj(); if( b !=3D null ) b.SetInactive() } function BtnOnUp() { b=3DGetBtnObj() if( b !=3D null ) b.Perform() else Upd() } function GetNtsState(){ return parent.gNtsOpen } function GetOtlState(){ return parent.gOtlOpen } function GetOtlTxtState(){ return parent.gOtlTxtExp } function NtsBtnSetFlag( fVal ) { s=3Ddocument.all.item( this.m_flagId ).style s.display=3D"none" if( fVal ) s.display=3D"" else s.display=3D"none" } function _BSetA_Border(){ b =3D gBtnArr[this.mObjId]; if( b !=3D null ) b.S= etActive() } function _BSetI_Border(){ b =3D gBtnArr[this.mObjId]; if( b !=3D null ) b.S= etInactive() } function _BSetP_Border(){ b =3D gBtnArr[this.mObjId]; if( b !=3D null ) b.S= etPressed() } function _BSetA_BorderImg() {=20 b =3D gBtnArr[this.mBorderId]=20 if( b !=3D null && this.mIsOn && !b.GetState() ) { obj=3Dthis.ChgState( gHiliteClr,gShadowClr,2 ) obj.style.posTop=3D0 } } function _BSetI_BorderImg() {=20 b =3D gBtnArr[this.mBorderId] if( b !=3D null && this.mIsOn && !b.GetState() ) { obj=3Dthis.ChgState( gFaceClr,gFaceClr,1 ) obj.style.posTop=3D0 } } var gHiliteClr=3D"THREEDHIGHLIGHT",gShadowClr=3D"THREEDSHADOW",gFaceClr=3D"= THREEDFACE" var gBtnArr =3D new Array() gBtnArr["nb_otl"] =3D new TxtBtn( "nb_otl","nb_otlElem",parent.ToggleOtlPan= e,GetOtlState ) gBtnArr["nb_otlElem"] =3D new TxtBtn( "nb_otl","nb_otlElem",parent.ToggleOt= lPane,GetOtlState ) gBtnArr["nb_nts"] =3D new ImgBtn( "nb_nts","nb_ntsBorder",10,parent.ToggleN= tsPane ) gBtnArr["nb_nts"].SetActive =3D _BSetA_BorderImg; gBtnArr["nb_nts"].SetInactive =3D _BSetI_BorderImg; gBtnArr["nb_ntsBorder"] =3D new TxtBtn( "nb_ntsBorder","nb_ntsElem",parent.= ToggleNtsPane,GetNtsState ) gBtnArr["nb_ntsElem"] =3D new TxtBtn( "nb_ntsBorder","nb_ntsElem",parent.To= ggleNtsPane,GetNtsState ) gBtnArr["nb_prevBorder"] =3D gBtnArr["nb_prev"]=3D new ImgBtn( "nb_prev","n= b_prevBorder",30,parent.GoToPrevSld ) gBtnArr["nb_nextBorder"] =3D gBtnArr["nb_next"]=3D new ImgBtn( "nb_next","n= b_nextBorder",30,parent.GoToNextSld ) gBtnArr["nb_sldshw"]=3D new ImgBtn( "nb_sldshw","nb_sldshwBorder",18,parent= .FullScreen ) gBtnArr["nb_sldshwBorder"] =3D new TxtBtn( "nb_sldshw","nb_sldshwBorder",pa= rent.FullScreen,null ) gBtnArr["nb_sldshwBorder"].SetActive =3D _BSetA_Border; gBtnArr["nb_sldshwBorder"].SetInactive =3D _BSetI_Border; gBtnArr["nb_sldshwText"] =3D new TxtBtn( "nb_sldshw","nb_sldshwText",parent= .FullScreen,null ) gBtnArr["nb_sldshwText"].SetActive =3D _BSetA_Border; gBtnArr["nb_sldshwText"].SetInactive =3D _BSetI_Border; gBtnArr["nb_voice"] =3D gBtnArr["nb_voiceBorder"] =3D new ImgBtn( "nb_voice= ","nb_voiceBorder",18,parent.ToggleVNarration ) gBtnArr["nb_otlTxtBorder"] =3D gBtnArr["nb_otlTxt"]=3D new ImgBtn( "nb_otlT= xt","nb_otlTxtBorder",23,parent.ToggleOtlText ) gBtnArr["nb_ntsBorder"].m_flagId=3D "nb_nts" gBtnArr["nb_ntsBorder"].SetFlag =3D NtsBtnSetFlag gBtnArr["nb_otlTxt"].ChangeIcon=3D GetOtlTxtState /********************************************* Context menu implementation _CM() is the function that's hooked up to the oncontextmenu event. 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