{"id":3705,"date":"2021-11-12T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:13:16","slug":"lung-transplant-after-covid-19-what-patients-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/11\/12\/lung-transplant-after-covid-19-what-patients-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Lung Transplant After COVID-19: What Patients Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3705\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;COVID-19\u00a0is a complex disease. In some people, it can be a mild respiratory illness that is easy to recover from. In others, it can be severe and lead to a lengthy hospital stay. Patients\u00a0with severe COVID-19 might need intensive care and a ventilator to help them breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For people with severe illness, sometimes the only life-saving option is a lung transplant.\u00a0As a pulmonologist who specializes in caring for both patients with severe COVID-19 and those who receive a transplant, I&#8217;ve seen firsthand the difference a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templehealth.org\/services\/treatments\/lung-transplant\">lung transplant<\/a>\u00a0can make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what our expert\u00a0lung transplant team\u00a0at the\u00a0Temple Lung Center\u00a0knows about performing these critical procedures&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templehealth.org\/about\/blog\/lung-transplant-after-covid-19-what-patients-need-to-know\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3705\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;COVID-19\u00a0is a complex disease. In some people, it can be a mild respiratory illness that is easy to recover from. 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