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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No matter where you are in the transplant experience, Transplant Living can help prepare you. You can now choose to personalize the site to help better manage your health information needs. Clinical information technologies can improve inpatient ... [... 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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After the Transplant
After receiving your transplant, you will continue to work closely with your transplant team, who will play an active role in your recovery. Although living with a transplant will give you a new lease on life, caring for a healthy organ involves ... [... more]
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About Organ Allocation
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) maintains a centralized computer network, UNetSM, which links all organ procurement organizations(OPOs) and transplant centers. Most candidates, except those with living donors, wait for an organ due to ... [... 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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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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Pediatric Transplantation
Addressing Children's Needs Coping With Anxiety Helping Your Child Adjust Camps Children often have many questions about organ donation and transplantation. As parents, it can be challenging to know how to best support them during this stressful ... [... 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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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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