Sentences with phrase «of lung transplant patients»

Our highly experienced team of thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, and anesthesiologists have cared for hundreds of lung transplant patients.»

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He noted there is a huge unmet need for this type of precision medicine among lung transplant patients, who experience the shortest of all survival rates, often running into transplant trouble within five years.

Marc Hartert and colleagues have studied how patients do after a lung transplant, and their review appears in the current edition of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

The molecular microscope system is now being developed for lung transplant biopsies, with the goal of changing care for those patients as well.

Researchers reviewed the records of 3,115 Medicare patients who received a lung transplant between 2005 and 2011.

High - volume lung transplant centers have lower transplantation costs and their patients are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days of leaving the hospital following surgery, according to a new study of more than 3,000 Medicare patients who received lung transplants.

And an earlier study of pulmonary fibrosis patients who took everolimus found that among 11 patients who had lung transplants, there was no increased incidence of wound - healing / anastomosis problems.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a «Black Box» warning about the use of sirolimus in lung transplant patients, at least when started at the time of transplantation.

The limited availability of donor lungs can lead to long delays before transplant, leaving patients to face a mortality rate of up to 40 percent while they wait.

Returning to everyday life and resuming work in one's regular occupation are common goals of transplant patients, yet not all who undergo lung transplantation can go back to work.

Pulmonary fibrosis, an ongoing process of scarring that leaves patients chronically short of breath, can progress in severity until the only course of treatment is lung transplant.

«We have assembled a great team of transplant surgeons and researchers here so we can offer patients in critical need of a lung transplant the highest level of care, with the expectation of the best possible outcomes for them,» said Paul Noble, MD, director of the Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars - Sinai and chair of the Department of Mediclung transplant the highest level of care, with the expectation of the best possible outcomes for them,» said Paul Noble, MD, director of the Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars - Sinai and chair of the Department of MedicLung Institute at Cedars - Sinai and chair of the Department of Medicine.

We continuously evaluate new technologies for treating heart, liver, lung, and kidney disease in order to provide the highest level of care for patients who need transplants, and we're investigating novel ways to increase the number of healthy donor organs so that we can help more people.

February 20, 2006 University of Chicago lung transplant program approved The University of Chicago's new lung transplant program has been approved by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and will begin placing patients on the lung transplant waiting list this week.

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When the health of a young cystic fibrosis patient worsened, she underwent a double lung transplant and, only a year and a half later, she was winning medals at the World Transplant Games Federation fortransplant and, only a year and a half later, she was winning medals at the World Transplant Games Federation forTransplant Games Federation for swimming.

What's more, the analysis of lung transplant data from the U.S. between 2005 and 2011 confirms what transplant experts say they already know: For some patients on a crowded organ waiting list, lungs from smokers are better than none.

Patients over 60 years of age, as well as those who have had a kidney, lung or heart transplant, are at increased risk of developing tendon - related conditions when taking Levaquin.

At particular risk are patients receiving steroid therapy, those over the age of 60, as well as people who have undergone heart, kidney or lung transplants.

At - risk groups include patients over 60 years of age and anyone who has had a kidney, lung or heart transplant.

Patients with cases of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) or primary arterial hypertension (PAH) that do not respond to medical therapy may need to undergo a single or double lung transplant operation in order to treat their condition.