Because the blood is carrying too much carbon dioxide, it cannot carry enough oxygen to the body. One or more of the treatments may be new. Also called a CAT scan. For Medicare, there is a deductible on hospital costs for each separate period of illness and a yearly deductible on costs of doctor visits and tests. An organ donor is someone who gives an organ to be transplanted into another person whose own organ is diseased.
Some organ donations occur while the donor is alive.
For example, a person can donate one kidney. However most donated organs, including lungs, come from people who have died and who agreed before their death to donate their organs. High-frequency sound waves called ultrasound, are bounced off the heart. The echoes are converted into a record of the structure and activity of the heart. The radioactive substance outlines the flow of blood to the lungs.