Preparing You for Lung Transplant Surgery in the ICU
You will be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) before lung transplant surgery. Do not eat or drink until after surgery. The ICU staff will do a history and physical exam, draw blood, take a chest x-ray, EKG, and get your consent for the transplant surgery. Your caregivers will need to wait in the waiting room during procedures to prepare you for the transplant surgery.