DESCRIPTION:
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.
CONTENTS:
1: Options for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
2: Transplantation Immunobiology
3: Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, and Immune Monitoring
4: The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
5: Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation
6: Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
7: Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates
8: The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications
9: The "First Quarter:" The First Three Months Post-Transplant
10: Long-Term Posttransplant Management and Complications
11: Infections in Kidney Transplantation
12: Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease
13: Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation
14: Pathology of Kidney Transplantation
15: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the Diabetic Patient
16: Kidney Transplantation in Children
17: Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
18: Ethical and Policy Issues in Organ Transplantation
19: Nutrition in the Kidney Transplant Recipient
20: Psychosocial and Financial Aspects of Transplantation
