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What are some of the risks associated with heart-lung transplantation?
Graft rejection and technical failure are a result of lung injury sustained during the stoppage and restarting of the organ. Infection by cytomegalovirus (CMV) occurs in the first year, but is usually treatable.
What are some of the conditions that are contraindications for heart transplantation?
active infection pulmonary hypertension chronic lung disease with loss of more than 40% of lung function
What are some of the expected results from heart transplantation?
According to a year 2000 data from the Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), 81% of transplant recipients survive one year
What are some of the health risks of pipe smoking?
oral cancer, lung cancer
What are some symptoms of a pulmonary fibrosis?
Some symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis are cough, reduced physical endurance and difficulty when breathing. Lung transplantation is the only option of treatment for pulmonary fibrosis.
What risks are involved with a facelift?
"There are many risks involved with facelifts, depending on the selection. Such risks include permanent scarring, fatigue, muscle spasms, inability to play basketball, and in some cases death."
What risks exist for patientd in undergoing a kidney transplantation?
As with any surgical procedure, the kidney transplantation procedure carries some risk for both a living donor and a graft recipient. Possible complications include infection and bleeding (hemorrhage). The most common complication.
What risks are involved with prolotherapy?
Since the treatment involves inserting a needle into the body, there is a chance of puncture to arteries, nerves, or even lung tissue, depending on the area to be treated. Some patients may have allergic reactions to the substance injected.
What are some of the circumstances that rule out heart-lung transplantation?
including multiple organ system dysfunction, current substance abuse, bone marrow failure, active malignancy, and HIV infection
What are some of the risks involved when undergoing a pneumonectomy?
A pneumonectomy is one of the more complicated and risky surgical procedures and thus there's a large vary of risks involved in that. Some of them (but quite not all) would be: cardiac arrhythmia, infection or pneumonia.
Who can donate lungs for lung transplantation?
People with cystic fibrosis often benefit from a lung transplant, as do some of those with lung cancer. Also, those with long term respiratory diseases will sometimes require a lung transplant.
What are some health risks involved with eating moldy bread?
The health risks involved with eating moldy bread would depend on the type of mold involved. These risk could include the intake of certain types of toxins or poisons which can make you sick.
