Double LungTransplant 201by
Nathan L.
In light of Alice's (so far) successful double lungtransplant, here's what I know about what she (and Tricia) can expect post-transplant. (these are facts about double lungtransplant...not sure...
Transplant Drug May Fight Rare Lung Disorderby
Ed H.
An already approved transplant-rejection drug is the first treatment to show a benefit for women with a rare lung disease that has had no cure or, until now, even a treatment.
The drug, sirolimus...
Double LungTransplant 101by
Nathan L.
on the double lungtransplant list.
Tricia has already completed the required number of days of PT... off of the ventilator, which means renewed strength/function of her lungs.
> Proving to the Duke transplant team...
cancaling my wife health ins
my wife has bad lungs & need lungtransplant. i have work my job for 14 years& same ins co. my boss wants to change ins co. the cnange would make my boss pay more money for the other ins.he want to cancal my policy & get single policy for me. they will try to fire me because of my wife health problems...crap
Italy: World's First LungTransplant on HIV Patient Performed
The world's first lungtransplant on an HIV patient was performed by doctors in Italy, the director of the country's National Transplant Center in southern Palermo said on Friday. "This is an important event in the progress of transplants," said Alessandro Nanni Costa. The patient, who had terminal...crap
Hep C question
My girlfriend had received a lungtransplant over a year ago. She was not Hep C+ before the transplant. She recently has been going through an evaluation for another transplant... to be limited on her options with medicine because of her lungtransplant. Can you offer any suggestions...crap
Kidney Transplants Found Safe in HIV Patients
) and for all kidney transplant recipients," the authors reported.
Rejection rates were about two to three times...
HIV-infected patients who received kidney transplantation had high patient and organ survival...-randomized trial, the researchers studied the safety and efficacy of renal transplantation in 150 HIV...crap
transplant
My husband had a kidney/pancreas transplant in Nov. 1999. In Jan. 2000 he was put in the hospital with cmv. With the anti-rejection medicines he takes can he have a relapse with cmv in the near future? Judith Feinberg, M.D. transplantTransplant specialists can modify the degree of immunosuppressive drugs...crap
South Africa Pioneers HIV-Positive Transplants
" condition, the transplanted kidneys are functioning well, and there are no signs of rejection, she said...
Cape Town surgeons recently conducted the first organ transplants from one HIV-positive patient.... Nearly a third of potentially transplantable organs are discarded in South Africa because the donors were HIV...crap
Kidney Transplant Survival Can Be Long-Term for People With HIV
A Johns Hopkins study finds that HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients... risk factors for transplant failure are recognized and tightly managed.
"Kidney transplantation... in the January issue of the Archives of Surgery.
Traditionally, HIV patients were not considered transplant...crap
microsporidiosis in kidney transplant
my wife had a kidney transplant in august 1999. developeda nasty CMV infection that was not resolved by iv ganciclovir. this precipitated a kidney rejection and she was treated with okt3....hellum in her eyes. Judith Feinberg, M.D. microsporidiosis in kidney transplant The stronger a person's immune system...crap