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Two weeks ago, I went to the University of California, San Francisco for my last test for lung transplant evaluation. I had a left heart and right heart catheterization to test ... Read more

July 11, 2018July 16, 2018

Blood-Oxygen Levels of IPF Patient Sustained for Over 1 Year Using ECMO, Doctors in Japan Report

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A man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was kept alive and his blood oxygenated for more than a year while waiting for a lung transplant using a type of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ... Read more

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Double Lung Transplant Better for Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients Younger than 70, Study Shows

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Double lung transplants are linked to significantly higher survival rates than single lung transplants among pulmonary fibrosis patients younger than 70, a retrospective study shows. The study, “Single versus ... Read more

May 22, 2018May 18, 2018

What I’ve Learned from Lung Transplant Tests

Columns, Just Breathe...Compassionate Help for the PF Journey

I shared in a recent column that I’m going through testing for lung transplant consideration. It has been challenging, but I am grateful because I know many pulmonary fibrosis ... Read more

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018

Digital Health Company patientMpower Launches New Lung Transplant App

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The digital healthcare company patientMpower recently released a new platform called patientMpower for Lung Transplant for patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and other conditions who have received a lung transplant. In January, patientMpower was ... Read more

April 10, 2018April 9, 2018

Be Kind to Yourself Throughout Hardships

Columns, Just Breathe...Compassionate Help for the PF Journey

All pulmonary fibrosis (PF) patients go through hardships. We watch our lungs and health decline and we suffer emotional pain as we process our foreshortened lives. Grief becomes a ... Read more

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

NYU Langone’s First Lung Transplant, Performed on PF Patient, a Success

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NYU Langone’s Transplant Institute successfully performed its first double lung transplant on a woman with a complicated form of pulmonary fibrosis. The procedure is part of the organization’s new lung ... Read more

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018

Ofev Preserves Pulmonary Function of IPF Patients Awaiting a Lung Transplant, Study Finds

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Boehringer Ingelheim‘s Ofev (nintedanib) preserved the lung function of nine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients waiting for a lung transplant, a study reported. The research, “Safety of nintedanib before lung ... Read more

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018

Lung Transplant Can Benefit Those with PF-Linked Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Study Reports

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A lung transplant can benefit those whose pulmonary fibrosis (PF) stems from Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), a study indicate. The study, “Clinical management and outcomes of patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome ... Read more

March 20, 2018March 19, 2018

Beginning Testing for a Lung Transplant

Columns, Just Breathe...Compassionate Help for the PF Journey

About six weeks ago, I shared that I am under consideration by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for a lung transplant. A few weeks ago, I got ... Read more

lung transplant

Complications with Lung Transplant Evaluations Suck!

Blood-Oxygen Levels of IPF Patient Sustained for Over 1 Year Using ECMO, Doctors in Japan Report

Double Lung Transplant Better for Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients Younger than 70, Study Shows

What I’ve Learned from Lung Transplant Tests

Digital Health Company patientMpower Launches New Lung Transplant App

Be Kind to Yourself Throughout Hardships

NYU Langone’s First Lung Transplant, Performed on PF Patient, a Success

Ofev Preserves Pulmonary Function of IPF Patients Awaiting a Lung Transplant, Study Finds

Lung Transplant Can Benefit Those with PF-Linked Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Study Reports

Beginning Testing for a Lung Transplant

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