Handbook of Kidney Transplantation

by Danovitch, Gabriel M.

• ISBN13: 9780781753227
• ISBN10: 0781753228
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

Summary

Now in its updated Fourth Edition, this popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians and surgeons who manage kidney transplant patients and for nurses and other professionals on the transplant team. In concise, readable, well-illustrated chapters, the book outlines the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient care. This edition's chapters on immunobiology and immunosuppression have been completely rewritten to reflect recent advances. Chapters on surgery, histocompatibility, and the first three months post-transplant have also been thoroughly updated.

Table of Contents

Options for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Transplantation Immunobiology

Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching and Allocation of Cadaveric Kidney Tranplants

Immunosuppresive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation

Immunosuppresive Agents in Current Clinical Use

Biologic Immunosuppresive Agents

Clinical Trials and New Immunosuppresive Agents

Immunosuppressive Protocols

Living and Cadaveric Kidney Donation

The Living Kidney Donor

Evaluation of The Transplant Recipient

The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications

The First Two Transplantation Months

Long Term Posttransplantation Management and Complications

Causes of Late Allograft Failure

Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation and Their Management

Hepatitis in Kidney Transplantation

Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation

Pathology of Kidney Transplantation

Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in Diabetic Patients

Pancreatic Islet Transplantation

Kidney Transplantation in Children

Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation

Ethical and Legal Issues in Kidney Transplantation

Nutrition in the Kidney Transplant Recipient

Psychosocial and Financial Issues in Kidney Transplantion

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