Two-year experiences of caring for lung transplant patients at the Department of Respiratory Medicine in Olomouc
Abstract
With increasing numbers of lung transplants in the Czech Republic, there was a need to intensify the cooperation of pneumologists and thoracic surgeons. The 3rd Department of Surgery of the Motol University Hospital was granted the status of a Center for Highly Specialized Care in Transplantation Medicine for Adult and Child Lung Transplantation and, under the obligation to provide post-transplantation care, contacted the Department of Pneumology, Motol University Hospital and the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc and asked them to cooperate in the long-term monitoring of patients operated in the Motol University Hospital.
Care for patients from Moravia has gradually been moved to Olomouc. During the two-year existence of the Olomouc Center, 40 patients were handed over.
The Center operates 5 days a week and the service is provided by four clinicians, two psychologists, a nurse and a coordinator.