Article: Models Pinpoints CF Patients Most Likely To Benefit From Lung Transplant.(cystic fibrosis)

Article: Lung transplants fail to extend lives of most CF ...
Transplant News;  January 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... sickest cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, it does not improve survival ... CF severity. Currently, CF patients are placed on lung transplant waiting lists based largely ... new model to classify 468 CF patients who had undergone lung transplantation ...

Article: Lung transplantation can be effective in CF ...
Transplant News;  March 16, 2001 ;     588 words ...Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients infected with Burholderia ... retrospective review of CF patients treated through the Toronto (Canada) lung transplant program. Fifty-three CF patients received lung transplants ...

Article: Born again ; Teri Cornell had a heart and lung ...
The Independent - London;  July 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... she needed a heart and lung transplant. "I was stunned ... needed a transplant. Most CF patients now usually just have a lung transplant, but Cornell was told ... the European Heart and Lung Transplant Games. "I look forward ...

Article: Lung transplant: Gift of ...
The Washington Times;  September 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... resident, had a double lung transplant four years ago in ... estimated 1,500 double-lung transplant operations done worldwide ... extend the life of "CF" patients in the past decade ... survival rate for lung transplant patients is 55 percent ...

Article: Dead Sea can help CF patients, too
Jerusalem Post;  November 16, 2001 ;     626 words ... ... Dead Sea can help CF patients, too Byline: JUDY ... up the mucus, but a lung transplant is the only means for ... by Berkovits on 73 CF patients whose conditions were ... meters below sea level, CF patients enjoy an improved quality ...

Article: Still holding their breath: Mortality on lung ...
NewsRx Health;  September 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... hypertension awaiting lung transplant, despite changes ... mortality on the lung transplant waiting list has fallen ... cystic fibrosis (CF); patients with idiopathic pulmonary ... small minority of lung-transplant candidates, and therefore ...

Article: Cystic Fibrosis Drug Reverses Osteoporosis after Transplants in ...
Immunotherapy Weekly;  November 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... with help from 35 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. All patients had undergone lung transplants ... immunosuppressants." Twenty-two of 35 lung transplant patients have completed the two-year ... UNC-CH researchers focused on CF lung transplant patients because they had severe osteoporosis ...