Search Tag: lung transplant

ICU Management

Living-without-lungs-for-6-days-saves-a-mom-s-life

2017 31 Jan

In a challenging procedure never done before, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without lungs for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant. A report of this case is published online in The Journal of...Read more

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2015 16 Mar

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Lung-transplantation-provides-treatment-option-for-end-stage-lung-disease

2014 10 Mar

The amount of patients having undergone lung transplantations has increased by roughly 20% over the past five years. For those suffering during the end stage of various lung diseases, transplantation can provide a prolongation and quality improvement of life as the last remaining treatment option. Marc Hartert and his team of colleagues have...Read more