Lung Transplant Evaluation: Required Tests
Your pre-transplant evaluation includes a variety of medical tests that provide complete information about your overall health. The medical tests help the Lung Transplant Team identify any potential problems before the transplant surgery and ... [... more]
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Pre-Transplant Screening and Evaluation
The pre-transplant screening is first performed to make sure a lung transplant is the right treatment for you. Before your pre-transplant screening, a transplant coordinator will contact you and your doctor to gather important information about ... [... more]
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Lung Transplant: Nutrition After Surgery
Because of the new freedom to indulge in many different foods, and an increased feeling of hunger due to medications such as prednisone (Deltasone®), it is easy to see why excessive weight gain is a common problem for many transplant patients. To ... [... more]
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Lung Transplant: Returning to Normal Activities
A daily pulmonary rehabilitation program, prescribed by your physical therapist, will strengthen your lung and continue to improve your overall health as you recover at home. You will not injure yourself or your new lung if you follow these ... [... more]
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Recovering from Lung Transplant Surgery
Once your transplant team has determined your condition is stable, you will be transferred from the ICU to your room in the Transplant Unit. At times during your recovery, you might need to return to the ICU for specialized monitoring to ensure ... [... more]
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How to Cope After Lung Transplant
Undergoing a lung transplant is a difficult experience for patients and their families. Facing the reality of a serious illness, fearing what is involved in lung transplantation, and dealing with complex, unfamiliar medical information can seem ... [... more]
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Lung Transplant Rejection
The risks of transplantation are the same as those of any surgery. They include the risk of bleeding or breathing problems. Some transplant recipients might also experience side effects from the medicines. The two main complications of transplant ... [... more]
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Lung Transplant Surgery
When a lung has been identified for you, a transplant coordinator will contact you by telephone or pager. Remember, this could be any time of the day or night. As soon as you receive the call, do not eat or drink anything (not even water). Your ... [... more]
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The Lungs and the Transplantation Process
Your lungs' main job is to make oxygen available to your body and to remove other gases, such as carbon dioxide. This process is done 12 to 20 times per minute. When you inhale air through the nose or mouth, it travels down the back of the throat ... [... more]
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Lung Transplant - Financial Questions
If you have been approved for a lung transplant and are going to be placed on the organ waiting list, you will need to prepare yourself financially and clarify your insurance coverage while you wait for your transplant. The transplant financial ... [... more]
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