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An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. Organ donors can be living, or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric). Types of Transplants Autograft A transplant of tissue from one to oneself. Sometimes this is done with surplus tissue, or tissue that can regenerate, or ti ...
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Resources
- A Transplant Center//'s Dedicated Duo (Cleveland Clinic)
- Acyclovir (lung transplant antiviral medication) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Azathioprine (lung trans. immunosuppressive drug) (Cleveland Clinic)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Lung Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)
- Contacting the Family of Your Organ Donor (Cleveland Clinic)
- Cyclosporine (lung trans. immunosuppressive med.) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Division of Transplantation (Health Resources and Services Administration)
- Fast Facts about Transplants (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
- Finding an Organ Donor (Lung Transplant) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Furosemide (Lung Transplant) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Getting a New Lung: Facts about Lung Transplants (American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF File
- Healthy Lung Transplant Recovery (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart and Lung Transplants (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hospital Discharge After Lung Transplant Surgery (Cleveland Clinic)
- How Do the Lungs Work? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- How to Cope - Lung Transplant Patients (Cleveland Clinic)
- Immune Tolerance: Improving Transplantation Success (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Keeping Your New Heart or Lung Healthy: Facts about Transplant Medications (American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF File - Large file
- Laxative Medications (Cleveland Clinic)
- Laxative Medications (Lung Transplant) (Cleveland Clinic)
- List of Medicare Approved Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Centers (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Lung Center Data Profile (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
- Lung Transplant - Financial Questions (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Evaluation: Required Tests (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Program at CCF (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Rejection (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Resources (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Screening and Evaluation (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Surgery (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant Team (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplant: Glossary of Terms (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)
- Lung Transplantation (Cleveland Clinic)
- Lung Transplantation (Medline Plus)
- Lung Transplantation
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Normal Activities after Lung Transplant (Cleveland Clinic)
- Nutrition After Transplantation (Lung) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Organ Facts: Lung (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Prednisone for Organ Transplantation (Cleveland Clinic)
- Preventing Infection at Home (Lung Transplant) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Preventing Infection in the Hospital (Cleveland Clinic)
- Recovering from Lung Transplant Surgery (Cleveland Clinic)
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
- The Lungs and the Transplantation Proces (Cleveland Clinic)
- Transplant Glossary (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Transplant Living (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Transplant Medications Overview (Cleveland Clinic)
- Transplant Primer: Lung Transplant (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
- Transplantation (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Transplantation Glossary (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Transplantation Organizations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Waiting for Your Lung Transplant (Cleveland Clinic)
- Welcome to the Lung Transplant Program (Cleveland Clinic)
- Your Commitment to Good Health (Cleveland Clinic)

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