Handbook of Kidney Transplantation

0.0

This popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other professionals who manage kidney transplant patients. It is concise, readable, and well-illustrated. Chapters outline the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient care. Chapter topics include immunobiology and immunosuppression, as well as chapters on surgery, histocompatibility, and the first three months post-transplant surgery. This thoroughly updated Fifth Edition includes new information on options for patients with end-stage renal disease, immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation, and the first two months following transplant Table of Contents 1: Options for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease     Gabriel M. Danovitch 2: Transplantation Immunobiology     Didier A. Mandelbrot and Mohamed H. Sayegh 3: Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, and Immune Monitoring     J. Michael Cecka, Raja Rajalingam, Jennifer Zhang, and Elaine F. Reed 4: The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation     Kevin J. O'Connor, Francis L. DelMonico, H. Albin Gritsch, and Gabriel M. Danovitch 5: Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation     Gabriel M. Danovitch 6: Living Donor Kidney Transplantation     Thu Pham, John Leppert, and Peter Schulam 7: Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates     Suphamai Bunnapradist and Gabriel M. Danovitch 8: The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications     Jeffrey L. Veale, Jennifer S. Singer, and H. Albin Gritsch 9: The "First Quarter:" The First Three Months Post-Transplant     Alan Wilkinson 10: Long-Term Posttransplant Management and Complications       Alan Wilkinson and Bertram L. Kasiske 11: Infections in Kidney Transplantation       David A. Pegues, Bernard M. Kubak, Cynthia L. Maree, and Aric L. Gregson 12: Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease       Fabrizio Fabrizi, Suphamai Bunnapradist, and Paul Martin 13: Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation       Allison L. Pearl, Nagesh Ragavendra, and Christiaan Schiepers 14: Pathology of Kidney Transplantation       Cynthia C. Nast and Arthur H. Cohen 15: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the Diabetic Patient       Gerald S. Lipshutz 16: Kidney Transplantation in Children       Eileen W. Tsai, Pornpimol Rianthavorn, and Robert B. Ettenger 17: Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation       Itai Danovitch 18: Ethical and Policy Issues in Organ Transplantation       Jeffrey P. Kahn 19: Nutrition in the Kidney Transplant Recipient       Susan Weil 20: Psychosocial and Financial Aspects of Transplantation       Mara Hersh Rifkin