Lung Transplant Remote Monitoring
Some parts of lung transplant care need to happen at Mayo Clinic, especially transplant surgery and early recovery care. As your care progresses, your follow-up plan may include Mayo Clinic visits, care closer to home, virtual communication, and remote monitoring.
Your transplant team will continue to guide your care and help determine where different parts of your follow-up can safely happen.
Your connection to Mayo Clinic continues between visits.
Recovery and long-term transplant care continue between appointments. Between visits, Mayo Clinic may use remote communication and monitoring, reviews of your local test results, and other follow-up tools to stay informed about your health.
These approaches can help your transplant team identify changes that need additional attention. They look for new symptoms, concerns about lung function, medicine-related issues, signs of infection, or other changes in your condition.
Coordinating with your home team.
Your local healthcare professionals play an important role in your care. Routine laboratory testing, rehabilitation, imaging, or care for other health conditions may happen closer to home.
When information from local care affects your transplant plan, your Mayo Clinic team reviews the results and remains involved in transplant-related decisions. Your care team explains who is responsible for different parts of your care, how information is shared, and who to contact with questions.
The balance of care changes over time.
Early after transplant, follow-up is often more frequent and may require additional visits and testing. As recovery progresses, some aspects of care may transition closer to home when it is safe and clinically appropriate.
Your follow-up plan is individualized based on your recovery and current health needs. Your Mayo Clinic team determines when, where, and how often you need care.
Lung transplant follow-up continues for life.
A lung transplant requires lifelong monitoring. Your transplant team continues to monitor your new lung or lungs and review your transplant medicines. They also watch for infection, rejection, and other changes that can affect your long-term health.
Where your care happens may change over time. Your connection to your transplant team does not.
Questions to ask your transplant team:
- Which parts of my care must happen at Mayo Clinic?
- Which follow-up visits or tests can happen closer to home?
- Are remote monitoring or virtual follow-up options available to me?
- How will local test results and updates be shared with Mayo Clinic?
- Who should I contact if my symptoms change between appointments?
- How will my follow-up plan change over time?
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