Biomaterial Database

Failing to thrive. 2010

Lisa Rosenbaum

Cardiology Department, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D003702	Delusions	A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.	Delusion
D004750	Enteral Nutrition	Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.	Enteral Feeding,Force Feeding,Nutrition, Enteral,Tube Feeding,Gastric Feeding Tubes,Feeding Tube, Gastric,Feeding Tubes, Gastric,Feeding, Enteral,Feeding, Force,Feeding, Tube,Feedings, Force,Force Feedings,Gastric Feeding Tube,Tube, Gastric Feeding,Tubes, Gastric Feeding
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D013727	Terminal Care	Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.	End-Of-Life Care,End of Life Care,Care, End-Of-Life,Care, Terminal,End-Of-Life Cares
D016414	Resuscitation Orders	Instructions issued by a physician pertaining to the institution, continuation, or withdrawal of life support measures. The concept includes policies, laws, statutes, decisions, guidelines, and discussions that may affect the issuance of such orders.	DNR Orders,Do Not Resuscitate Order,Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders,Resuscitation Decisions,Resuscitation Policies,Withholding Resuscitation,DNR Order,Decision, Resuscitation,Do Not Resuscitate Orders,Do-Not-Resuscitate Order,Order, DNR,Order, Do-Not-Resuscitate,Order, Resuscitation,Policy, Resuscitation,Resuscitation Decision,Resuscitation Order,Resuscitation Policy
D018447	Medical Futility	The absence of a useful purpose or useful result in a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention. The situation of a patient whose condition will not be improved by treatment or instances in which treatment preserves permanent unconsciousness or cannot end dependence on intensive medical care. (From Ann Intern Med 1990 Jun 15;112(12):949)	Futile Treatment,Treatment Futility,Futility,Futility, Medical,Futile Treatments,Futility, Treatment,Treatment, Futile,Treatments, Futile