Lung Donations Real Project

LUNG DONATION TRANSPLANT BY NICHOLAS TERRA AND COREY KLAUDER

BASIC INFORMATION Deals with the respiratory system Lungs and their function or lack there of Located in the chest Functions are to take in and distribute oxygen to the blood and exhale the CO2

Number of transplants per year According to the Penn health system they preform about twenty five to thirty five per year in the Delaware valley As of July 2004 over 400 procedures with one or two lung transplantations involved have taken place throughout the Penn helath system

Success Rate

Before January 2000 the success rate for a single or double lung transplant was about 38% survival rate After January 2000 that success rate jumped up to 74% survival rate

Life expectancy post Transplant The life expectancy post transplant is 84% after one year 50% at five years And 38% at 8 years The longest expectancy is about ten years, though some have lived longer than that

Number of people waiting waiting Transplants rose by 248 to a total of 1,405  the number that died waiting declined by 128 to  360

Requirements for transplants Last resort for patients with severe lung cancer Also from obstructive lung problems such as decreased air flow, decrease in total volume of the air the lungs can hold or a defect in the ability to move Oxygen to blood

Disqualifactions for donors Unhealthy lifestlye Non size match of organs Age factors Blood type not matching HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis Current infection Weight other medical conditions... Kidneys, heart, liver etc. Smoking, drinking repeated drug use

Disqualifications of Recipients •

End stage lung disease

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HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis

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Alcohol, smoking, or repeated drug abuse

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Age

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Ability to pay

Hospitals to preform this procedure • Penn Health system • Temple Health • University of Penn • University of Pittsburgh

Procedure length • The average lung transplant procedure  takes about six hours but can last longer  than that depending on complications  that arise during surgery or  complications prior to surgery that  make it harder for the surgens and  doctors to preform the procedure

COSTS OF PROCEDURE An average lung transplant procedure costs about $100,000 to $200,000 It depends on wehter it is double or single transplant, time in hospital ICU( Intensice Care Unit) and cost of medications after procedure

lung removal

The costs are about the same as those of the recipents. The donor also has hospital costs and medication to pay for

• The donor of a lung for single lung  donation may be alive or brain dead to  donate • The donor for a double lung transplant  must be brain dead in a ventilator  • Lungs must be still functional to be  accaptable for transplants

Anti- Rejection Drugs •

A new drug is being used as an inhaliant to help with the body rejecting the new lung

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Cyclosporine is being tested and is proving to improve the survival rate and reduce the rejection of new lungs

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Cyclosporine is an inhaled drug that is helping to combat organ rejection following transplant

• No smoking • Limited physical activity • No strenous activity • Avoid being around smoke

Post operation therapy Immunosuppressive therapy 6 to 12 week program of physical rehab 3 times a week aerobic excercise heart rate and workload monitored encouraged to maintain regular scedual of aerobic exercise

• http://www.lungsusa.org • http://health.dailynewscentral.com • http://www.lungtransplantinfo.com/topics • http://en.wikipedia.org • http://myclevelandclinic.org • http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments • http://www.medicalnewsatoday.com/articles