Description
This session will address lung transplant access for patients with Medicaid, a contrast between US & Canadian policies, common complications after transplant, issues of survival prediction in patients with end-stage CF & effect of infection on transplantation outcomes. A lung transplant recipient also will share perspectives about quality of life & what to expect with transplantation.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe current lung allocation in the United States & issues with access to the waiting list.
- List common complications in CF patients after lung transplantation.
- Discuss issues with difficult to manage infections in patients with CF undergoing lung transplantation.
*** This session was streamed live during the 2015 NACFC. To watch free archived versions of the live streamed sessions, register here: https://arc.nacfconference.org/cff/live/14
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