[Indications and long-term outcomes for solid organ

Medicina intensiva · Aug 2008

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[Indications and long-term outcomes for solid organ transplant. Quality of life in solid organ transplant recipients].

Organ transplant constitutes one of the most encouraging advances in the history of the medicine. The organ transplants that were a distant challenge in the seventies currently are a routine procedure in the medical practice that has contributed to extending survival and quality of life in the general population. Spain has reached the highest rate for donation and transplants per one million inhabitants worldwide, this extraordinary health care work being a combined achievement of Spanish Health Care System. The objective of this article is to review the indications of solid organ transplants and their long-term outcomes, evaluating the impact on the health-related quality of life in solid organ transplant recipients.

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- D Daga Ruiz, C Fernández Aguirre, F Segura González, and M Carballo Ruiz.
- Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias, Coordinación de Trasplantes, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, España. domingo.daga.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
- Med Intensiva. 2008 Aug 1; 32 (6): 296-303.
AbstractOrgan transplant constitutes one of the most encouraging advances in the history of the medicine. The organ transplants that were a distant challenge in the seventies currently are a routine procedure in the medical practice that has contributed to extending survival and quality of life in the general population. Spain has reached the highest rate for donation and transplants per one million inhabitants worldwide, this extraordinary health care work being a combined achievement of Spanish Health Care System. The objective of this article is to review the indications of solid organ transplants and their long-term outcomes, evaluating the impact on the health-related quality of life in solid organ transplant recipients.

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