Crowsnest Pass Hospital

Name :

Crowsnest Pass Hospital

Address  :

2001 - 107 Street
PO Box 510 Bag 1

Town  :

Blairmore

State  :

Alberta

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

T0K 0E0

Phone  :

403 562 2831

Fax  :

403 562 2831

Web URL  :

Not Available
Crowsnest Pass Hospital


Branch Of : Alberta Health Services
Associated Hospitals

Transplanting lungs from smokers worthwhile

Lung transplant patients who receive the organs from smokers have better chances of survival than those who stay on waiting lists a British study suggests Nearly 40 per cent of the lungs that are available for transplant including those in Canada are from smokers Rejection of this donororgan resource would increase waitinglist mortality and i... Read More

Better to transplant smokers lungs than staying on wait list UK study finds

Transplant patients who need new lungs have a better overall chance of survival if they receive donor lungs from smokers than if they remain on wait lists new British research shows The study provides strong evidence there is a net benefit to patients receiving smokers lungs even though recipients of such organs are less likely to live as long... Read More