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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient''s diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.Heart transplantation is performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or some other life-threa...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Heart transplantation is a surgical procedure to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart.Heart transplant is one of the most common transplant operations performed in the United States. A healthy heart is obtai...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
Detailed information on heart transplant, including why a heart transplant is recommended, what is involved in heart transplant surgery, and long-term outlook for a child after a heart transplant
Source:StayWell
Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient''s diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.Heart transplantation is performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or some other life-threa...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their i...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 10, 2009
You have either undergone a procedure or been diagnosed with an illness that has made you "immunocompromised.” This means that your immune system is very weak, making it difficult to fight off infection. Certain cancers, cancer treatments, HIV infection, and transplant surgery are examples of things that can make you immunocompromised. You must be very careful—even the slightest infection can carry the risk of hospitalization or death. This sheet gives precautions you can follow to protect yourself from infection. You will need to follow them until your doctor tells you that you can stop. You may need to be careful for the rest of your life.
Source:StayWell
Mononucleosis is a viral infection causing fever, sore throat, and swollen lymph glands, especially in the neck.See also: Infectious mononucleosis(acute CMV infection).Mononucleosis, or mono, is often spread by saliva and close contact. It is know...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 3, 2008
If you're not quite sure what's up with AIDS these days, don't feel alone. Misconceptions and falsehoods concerning AIDS and HIV abound.
Source:StayWell
New drug treatments can delay the effects of AIDS and are helping patients live longer. But the reality is that no medicine can cure AIDS or the virus that causes it, HIV. Once inside the body, HIV destroys immune system cells, making it difficult to fight off illness.
Source:StayWell
A person with HIV can look and feel perfectly healthy. But that person can give HIV to others as soon as he or she is infected with the virus.
Source:StayWell
What's true and what's not when it comes to AIDS? Here's a look at some common myths surrounding HIV infection and AIDS.
Source:StayWell
Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS) by infecting helper T cells of the immune system. The most common serotype, HIV-1, is distributed worldwide, while HIV-2 is primarily confined ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
While new antiviral treatments have been developed, a vaccine has yet to be found. HIV causes AIDS(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), an unpredictable condition that may progress over many years and is characterized by a slow deterioration of th...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is the final, life-threatening stage of infection with any of the human immunodeficiency viruses(HIV-1, its many subtypes, or HIV-2), which are transmitted from person to person sexually(including via a...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Detailed information on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) during pregnancy
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on HIV and AIDS, including transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on HIV and AIDS, including transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on HIV and AIDS, including transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
Source:StayWell
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