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wouldn't normally happen, just like alcoholics don't normally get liver transplants. There may be extenuating circumstances, however. if the patients condition needs urgent heart transplant, then the patient must be treated the same way as other patients and be saved. Therefore, notwithstanding his smoking habit, his request to be moved up in the priority list, should be honoured.
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Would you give a cigarette smoker a heart transplant?
no not usually... just like you wouldn't usually give an alcoholic a new liver.
What would be the advantages to a smoker who used a Green Smoke electronic cigarette?
The advantages to a smoker who used a Green Smoke electronic cigarette include a cigarette breath free experience and low prices. Another advantage is no risk of fire from cigarettes.
What unavoidable factor would diminish the chance of success of a lung transplant but is not a factor at all in a heart transplant?
What unavoidable factor would diminish dthe chance of success of a lung transplant, but is not a factor at all in a heart transplant
How would you use transplant in a sentence?
The gardener transplanted the tomato from the pot to the garden bed.When my heart fails I hope to be able to get a heart transplant.
Why would someone have to get a transplant surgery?
they would need a transplant if there for example lung had failed it does not work anymore therefore they would need someone else's to keep them healthy you'll find that alot of smokers get transplants but are often denied a transplant for being a smoker which might make them care less and damage the next lung
When was the first heart transplant from pig to woman?
Never... The heart of a pig would not function correctly in a human.
Can you get a fake heart transplant?
No. If a patient got a "fake" heart, the fake by definition would not function. So, the patient would die if the surgeons put in a fake heart.
Which is better a heart transplant or a lung transplant?
One is not "better" than the other - they will both perform exactly the same as a non transplanted heart or lungs. Neither will make the patient bionic or superhuman. A patient with heart failure would rather have a heart transplant than a lung transplant, and vice versa. It's whatever it "better" (more useful) for the patient, but neither hearts or lung transplants are "better" overall.
Materials used to make an artificial hearts?
The artificial is used in place of an actual heart transplant. The reasons are because there are MANY risks in having a heart transplant, so some patients would prefer an artificial heart transplant. There are also many risks with this operation, too. The heart is made up of real blood and tissue, whereas the artificial heart is merely plastic.
If a human dies when their heart stops how can that same heart help another human to live?
The heart can stop for many reasons - doctors would not transplant a damaged heart into a person so if the first person died from a heart attack, they would not use their heart. However, if something else caused the heart to stop beating and the heart is otherwise healthy, they will transplant it into the second person, who will not have that same problem that might cause the new heart to stop.
Why are people that smoke-cigarette smokers less likely to get bit by mosquitoes?
Cigarette smoke is harmful to most living beings as they have negative effects on certain body parts. Mosquitoes are either affected by traces of cigarette smoke or leftover nicotine in a smoker's bloodstream and would have adapted to avoid them.
What is the average settlement in Darvocet lawsuit cases?
I have a defibulator and pacemaker inserted and was sent for a heart transplant, I had conjestive heart failure. what would my settlement be?
