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Why are patients who are HIV positive or have heart-lung disease not good candidates for liver transplantation?
Their ability to survive the surgery and the difficult recovery period, as well as their longterm prognosis, is hindered by their conditions.
Who may benefit from heart-lung transplantation?
Patients who are limited in daily activity, as defined by their doctors, and have a limited life expectancy, are candidates for heart-lung transplantation. These patients suffer from untreatable end-stage pulmonary, organ, and/or vascular disease.
What is the prognosis of a lung abscess?
About 95% of lung abscess patients can be treated successfully with antibiotics alone. Patients who need surgical treatment have a mortality rate of 10-15%.
How lung transplantation save lifes?
Well, when you get a lung transplantation it IS helping you. It helps you because lungs=you breathing. So when you get a lung transplantation it is REALLY helping you breath.
Who cannot receive a liver transplantation?
Patients with advanced heart and lung disease, who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive,
What is the prognosis for patients suffering from Type B NPD?
Type B patients generally live to adulthood but suffer from significant liver and lung problems.
What is the prognosis for patients with severe heart failure?
Most patients with mild or moderate heart failure can be successfully treated with dietary and exercise programs and the right medications.
What is the prognosis for TGA patients?
The prognosis for TGA patients is excellent
What is the prognosis for patients with NPD-A?
Patients with NPD-A commonly die during infancy. NPD-B patients may live for a few decades, but many require supplemental oxygen because of lung impairment.
What is the purpose of lung transplantation?
The purpose of lung transplantation is to replace a lung that no longer functions with a healthy lung. To perform a lung transplantation, there should be potential for rehabilitated breathing function
Why are pancreas transplantation patients closely monitored after surgery?
Patients receiving a pancreas transplantation are monitored closely for organ rejection.
What is the prognosis for the patient?
The prognosis for TGA patients is excellent
