[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.
Daga Ruiz
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Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias, Coordinación de Trasplantes, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, España. domingo.daga.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
Fernández Aguirre
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Segura González
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Carballo Ruiz
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D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011788:Quality of Life; D013030:Spain; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome