On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Soldier dies after receiving smoker's lungs in transplant > > http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/12/soldier.lung.cancer.transplant > > Did you even read that story? I'm sure the same thing happens here... Papworth Hospital released a statement saying using donor lungs from smokers was not "unusual." The statement added that the hospital had no option but to use lungs from smokers as "the number of lung transplants carried out would have been significantly lower," if they didn't. During 2008/09 146 lung transplants were carried out in the UK. "During the same period 84 people died on the waiting list. If we had a policy that said we did not use the lungs of those who had smoked, then the number of lung transplants carried out would have been significantly lower." http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=23012 Current survival rates are as high as 80 percent at 1 year following transplantation and 60 percent at 4 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
