Articles tagged with: cystic fibrosis
During A Transplant, Why Not Just Replace Both Lungs?
The widely acclaimed Johns Hopkins Institute has performed a large amount of research over the last several years that have been of tremendous help when it comes to saving an individuals life. Adding to their long list of other helpful research findings there has been a new study recently performed. The research has concluded that when a patient was in desperate need of a lung transplant, the advantages that they could benefit from could as much as double their life expectancy if they were to be able to have both of their lungs replaced, instead of just the one. There are an endless number of patients all around the world who are presently on waiting lists for this type of transplant because this specific organ can offer a great length of time for extended life periods for individuals who have sarcoidosis, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other diseases that cause serious problems in the lungs. When only one lung is replaced it can often cause problems because [...]

