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12-20-2007, 05:49 PM
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| Administrator  | Obese wait longer for transplants?? I read this on Yahoo. Very obese wait longer for transplant - Yahoo! News If anyone is on a transplant team, do you find this is true? 'Cat' |
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12-29-2007, 09:20 AM
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| silty1 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Bern, NC
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| Re: Obese wait longer for transplants?? I work in case management, and have had many patients in varying stages of transplant process. Part of problem is that obese patients usually have more health problems, and may not be the best candidates for surgery of any kind. |
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