A study on donor lungs preserved outside the body before transplantation demonstrated that the hypothermic oxygenated machine ...

Appropriate donor selection is critical to successful lung transplantation. Organs for transplantation are generally in short supply, and particularly so in lung transplantation. Lungs are ...

Researchers at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) marked the 10-year anniversary of modern heart donation after ...

The composite outcome of time to death or graft failure was adjusted for age, sex, race and ethnicity, body mass index, underlying lung disease category, single versus bilateral transplant ...

The event is part of national Donate Life Month, dedicated to raising awareness and encouraging people to register as donors.

When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, known as CLAD. Preventing this complication for those who receive a ...

For National Donate Life Month, columnist Sam Kirton urges readers to spread the word about the importance of being an organ donor.

A Nova Scotia woman recovering from a lung transplant says she had to take tens of thousands of dollars from her retirement fund in order to undergo the life-saving procedure because ...

Patients are usually referred for lung transplantation by a pulmonologist or primary care physician. The physical assessment and diagnostic procedures for patients with ESPD focus on the clinical ...