Selecting a Hospital
You do have choices when it comes to hospital care. The most important consideration in any choice is the individual's specific situation. Each patient has different needs, preferences and desires that need to be taken into account when selecting ... [... more]
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Financing a Transplant
Financing a transplant raises many questions and concerns for patients and their families: Because costs start adding up, even before your transplant, it is common for patients to rely on several sources to help pay for all of the medical and ... [... more]
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Glossary
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How the Lungs Work
The lungs are a pair of highly elastic and spongy organs in the chest. They are the main organs involved in breathing. They take in air from the atmosphere and provide a place for oxygen to enter the blood and for carbon dioxide to leave the ... [... more]
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Getting on the List
For most transplant candidates, the first step in receiving a transplant is to get on the OPTN/UNOS national transplant waiting list. The UNOS Organ Center maintains this list. All transplant candidates who do not have the option of a living ... [... more]
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Medications: Protecting Your Transplant
After transplants, the focus for patients transitions from waiting for a donor organ to learning how to manage medications and their side effects as part of daily life. The following links will provide you with helpful information to make this ... [... more]
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Staying Healthy With Your New Transplant
Although the decision to write your donor family is very personal, many transplant recipients want to know about the person who donated the organ they received. If you choose to write to your donor family, the following information guidelines may ... [... more]
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Transplantation
What policies apply to the transplant I need? How do I learn about potential new policies? Are there organizations who can help patients afford the cost of transplantation? What questions should I ask about the cost of transplantation? Do ... [... more]
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How the Kidney Works
The kidneys are a pair of reddish-brown organs located on either side of the spine just below the diaphragm, behind the liver and stomach. They are bean-shaped and about 4 and 1/2 inches long, 2 and 1/2 inches wide and one inch thick. The primary ... [... more]
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Pregnancy After Transplant
The first woman to become pregnant after a transplant was reported in1963. Since that time, there have been numerous successful pregnancy outcomes in many types of transplant recipients. However, the safety of pregnancy for individual recipients ... [... more]
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During the Transplant
In the three decades since the first human heart transplant occurred in 1967, the procedure has changed from an experimental operation to an established treatment for advanced heart disease. They are now the the third most common organ transplant ... [... more]
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During the Transplant
There are two very different surgical approaches to liver transplantation: the orthotopic and the heterotopic approach, both of which can take up to ten hours to complete. Because the length of this surgery is different for every patient, ... [... more]
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