Lung Transplantation What is a lung transplant?
A lung transplant is an operation performed to remove a diseased lung of a patient and replace it with an otherwise healthy person. Lung transplantation may involve a single transplantation, double-lung or heart.
Why lung transplant recommended?
Lung transplantation is a treatment option for children and young adults with cystic fibrosis (Also called a CF) severe, end-stage lung disease and other chronic lung diseases. In children, adolescents and young adults, cystic fibrosis is the most common underlying disease that may require a lung transplant. Some of the other diseases that may require the same intervention in this population include:
bronchopulmonary dysplasia or chronic lung disease (the acronym is CLD) (is a general term for long-term respiratory problems in premature babies, problems occur as a result of lung injury in infants who must use a ventilator and oxygen for breathing)
pulmonary hypertension (increased pressure in the arteries of the lungs)
heart disease or heart defects affecting the lungs (may require a heart transplant -lung)
pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring)
Lung transplants can now be done at any age - from newborns to adults. Your child's doctor will discuss with you the selection criteria for transplantation. Statistics
lung transplantation:
According to statistics from June 2007, provided International Network for Organ Sharing (United Network for Organ Sharing, UNOS):
was more of 2,359 people on the waiting list for lung transplants and 115 waiting for transplants, heart / lung.
In 2006, practiced a total of 1,400 lung transplants.
In the United States, have performed over 800 lung transplants in pediatric patients.
What is the origin of transplanted organs?
Most of the lungs that are transplanted come from deceased organ donors. Organ donors are adults or children who become critically ill and will not live because disease that affects them. If the donor is an adult, you may have agreed to be an organ donor before becoming ill. Parents or spouses can also agree to donate organs of a relative. Donors can come from anywhere in the United States. This type of transplant is called a cadaveric transplant.
How are transplanted organs allocated?
In the U.S., responsible for the distribution of organs for transplantation is the UNOS. UNOS oversees the allocation of different types of transplants, including liver transplants, kidney, pancreas, heart, lung and cornea.
This organization receives data from hospitals and medical centers across the country regarding adults and children who need transplants. The medical team that currently follows your child must submit their data to UNOS and updating them to make some changes in the health of the child.
Once UNOS receives data from local hospitals, people waiting for a lung transplant are placed on a waiting list with a code of "state."
When a donor lung is available, a computer searches all the people who are on the waiting list for lung transplantation and rejects those that are not compatible organ becomes available. It makes a new list of remaining candidates is considered for transplantation to the person who is first on that list. If for some reason it is determined that that person is not a suitable candidate is considered to be the next person on the list and so on. Some of the reasons why could not a person considered suitable for transplantation and, therefore, consider a person who is lower on the list are the size of the donor organ and the geographical distance between the donor and receptor.
is the national tree of Guatemala, also known as kapok or silk cotton tree. It is a very tall tree spreading its branches at the top of his glass, the soft fibers are used to fill pillows and comforters. 
However, the most important role in many communities Ceiba Guatemala, is to cover the main square in the shadow of their long branches. 
This tradition goes back many centuries, in the days when the Mayas cultivated the kapok trees in the streets of their cities. In many of the famous ruins of Guatemala these trees (Or their descendants) still reach 100 feet or more, sheltering with his shadow remains of these long-neglected communities. 
La Ceiba is an ecosystem in itself, since its crevices and branches (which can reach up to 150 feet wide) are populated by many species of orchids, ferns, cacti and bromeliads. A iguanas and other reptiles like to bask in the highest branches of the ceiba. The fruits of this tree are large, hard, in large capsules containing cotton fibers. La Ceiba has many uses such as traditional medicine, kapok fiber, fiber, and also for food. La Ceiba easily reaches 70 feet tall. A tree 
cylindrical and straight, with finger-like leaves. Its bark is gray-pink and soft. 
copal or gum is collected directly from the bark of the tree, the white copal or saint is extracted in a similar way as is done with rubber and chewing gum, making diagonal cuts along the tree trunk or branch , so that the drop is collected in a maguey leaf placed under the final cut, giving it an elongated shape, and which is also called white scrolls flecha.Las copal produced by burning copal, are considered Divine and receive according to the old concept, the name of Iztac Teteo (white gods), also if the incense is called "white woman" in the poetic language of the ancestors Anahuac. Smoke it amounts to is a clear demonstration of the dialogue that is taking place between heaven and earth. 
The plume becomes the axis of the World, which revolve around the universe and the Old Anahuac criaturas.En incense symbolized the incorruptibility and immortality. His pleasant perfume is real but elusive, so is the realm of the spiritual. In the ceremonies, its aromatic white smoke located the place through which pass the animas.En therapeutic use copal heals the diseases caused by cold and moisture, and also calms the headaches. Even now in some communities, children are hanging on the neck, a bag of cotton with a ball of copal, as a preventive measure that avoided enfermedades.Otro ritual use of incense, is carried out in the production of sculptures, made of such material. When this resin is molded fresh and hardens when it dries, it is feasible and lasting shape. These sculptures were done as a way to pay tribute to Mother Earth to Tonantzin Tlazolteotl, and even accompanying some of the characters in their graves. Copal has also been found as part of the base of the handle so-called "sacrificial knives." Being burned the white smoke was associated with the rains, which is also thought that in this way were honoring Tlaloc , and was used to apply water lluvia.Es important to note certain constant elements considered "sacred" around the world. For example resins offered by the Magi, as an offering, as a gift to baby Jesus, the Bible tells us that were Frankincense and Myrrh. Both resins from species within the genus Bursera, in its variety that produces called Boswellia and Commiphora incense called the mirra.En obtained the local environment, some people call myrrh, the copal tree bark soaked in resina.El copal is an essential element in the rituals, is considered an offering worthy of being offered to the Father Mother Giver of Life. Now part of the offering with the incense burners, ritual begins, is the element that cleanses, purifies and raises the vibration places and the bystanders. Its most common use is burned on the breaststroke burning incense burner. 
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The "feet" landing on a special layer, that is buried in the earth. The legs can become between 4 and 6. 
