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  2. Lung allocation score - Wikipedia

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    Higher lung allocation scores indicate the patient is more likely to benefit from a lung transplant. The post-transplant survival measure is one-year survival after transplantation of the lungs. Factors used to predict it include FVC, ventilator use, age, creatinine, NYHA class and diagnosis. [3] It is used for calculation of transplant benefit ...

  3. Lung transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Since sirolimus is not administered until at least 3–12 months after transplant, these median survival estimates were conditional on surviving 1 year post-transplant. [33] As lung transplantation has improved since the late 20th century with advancements in perioperative management, surgical technique and postoperative rehabilitation, 5-year ...

  4. Shaf Keshavjee - Wikipedia

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    As a result of Keshavjee's breakthroughs, there have been steady increases in the number of transplants and the survival rate. While the one-year survival rate for lung transplant recipients is 85% and almost 30% for over 10 years, the TLTP has 22 patients who have survived 20 or more years after receiving their donor lungs. [18]

  5. Heart–lung transplant - Wikipedia

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    The success rate of heart–lung transplants has improved significantly in recent years. The British National Health Service states that the survival rate is now around 85%, one year after the transplant was performed. [1] In 2004, there were only 39 heart–lung transplants performed in the entire United States and only 75 worldwide.

  6. List of organ transplant donors and recipients - Wikipedia

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    Date of transplant Survival Reference Sandro (1945–2010) Argentine singer and actor. He died after complications of a heart–lung transplant. November 20, 2009 45 days [31] Ann Harrison (1944–2001) Recipient and long term survivor of the world's first human double-lung transplant November 26, 1986 15 years [90] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

  7. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - Wikipedia

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    In IPF patients, lung transplant has been shown to reduce the risk of death by 75% as compared with patients who remain on the waiting list. [56] Since the introduction of the lung allocation score (LAS), which prioritizes transplant candidates based on survival probability, IPF has become the most common indication for lung transplantation in ...

  8. The 6 best and 6 worst celebrity Christmas albums - AOL

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    The star, of course, is "All I Want for Christmas is You," which is so timeless that it hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 a full 25 years after its release, and has continued to top the chart ...

  9. Ex vivo lung perfusion - Wikipedia

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    Ex vivo lung perfusion, EVLP, is a form of machine perfusion aimed at sustaining the active aerobic cellular metabolism of donor lungs outside the donor's body prior to lung transplantation. This medical preservation technique typically occurs within a specialised machine engineered to mimic the conditions of the natural circulatory system .