Lung Transplantation

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Lung Transplantation
Lung Transplantation

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Supply Isn’t the Problem With Organ Transplants


One of the first things that transplant doctors learn is that there are not enough organs to go around. We repeat it to our patients and ourselves and, in a way, it helps us to temper our expectations of saving every patient on our waiting list. But there isn’t really an organ shortage. We are just failing to make effective use of the organs that we could transplant.

I’ve worked in transplant programs for 25 years in Dallas, Birmingham and Denver, and then as director of the lung transplant program at Stanford University Medical Center. For the last three years, I’ve been a consultant to several transplant programs around the country.

The good news is that the number…

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 Supply Isn’t the Problem With Organ Transplants

After three good opportunities went by without lungs arriving for our patient, I had to inform her—with her two young children nearby—that she had run out of time. I was heartbroken, knowing that her death was avoidable.

International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and treatment of end-stage heart and lung diseases.

Second Wind Lung Transplant Association

If you have been fortunate enough to receive the "Gift of Life", you are among a small but growing number of people. You are invited to join us, share your experience and gain insight into how others manage post-transplant life.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the official publication of the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, brings readers essential clinical information about the rapidly evolving field of cardiopulmonary transplantation, support, and replacement.

MayoClinic

Find out what you need to do to receive a lung transplant '' including the transplant process and how to take care of your new organ.

MedlinePlus

Lung transplants are used for people who are likely to die from lung disease within 1 to 2 years. Their conditions are so severe that other treatments, such as medicines or breathing devices, no longer work.

StatPearls

Pioneered in the 1960s, and successfully implemented in the 1980s, with a declining number of candidates since the 1990s, simultaneous heart and lung transplantation is only indicated for patients in the end stages of both cardiac and pulmonary failure.

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