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Concise, readable, practical and well-illustrated, the sixth edition of the Handbook of Kidney Transplantation has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the most current knowledge and practice in the field. Ideal for physicians, surgeons, fellows, and nurses who manage kidney transplant patients, it covers everything from treatment options for end-stage renal disease to transplantation, post-operative management and transplant immunology, focusing on every key aspect of the clinical practice of kidney transplantation.
Includes new chapters on the Allocation of Deceased Donor Organs and Kidney Transplantation in the Developing World, as well as expanded chapters on living donation and immunosuppressive drugs and protocols.
Outlines the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient care.
Covers immunobiology and immunosuppression, as well as surgery, histocompatibility, and short and long-term follow-up.
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Author(s): Gabriel M. Danovitch
Edition: 6
Publisher: LWW Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2017
Language: English
Tags: Kidney Transplantation; Nephrology; Surgery
Preface
Contributors
1 Options for Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease
Gabriel M. Danovitch
2 Transplantation Immunobiology
Hehua Dai and Fadi G. Lakkis
3 Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, Immune Monitoring
J. Michael Cecka, Qiuheng Jennifer Zhang, Raja Rajalingam, and Elaine F. Reed
4 The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Helen M. Nelson, Francis L. Delmonico, Jeffrey L. Veale, and Nick G. Cowan
5 Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys
Tom Mone, Rami Jandali, and Prasad Garimella
6 Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation
Theodore M. Sievers, Erik L. Lum, and Gabriel M. Danovitch
7 Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Anjay Rastogi, Mara Hersh-Rifkin, H. Albin Gritsch, Jeffrey L. Veale, Suzanne McGuire, and Amy Waterman
8 Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates
Suphamai Bunnapradist, Basmah Abdalla, and Uttam Reddy
9 The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications
Nick G. Cowan, Jeffrey L. Veale, and H. Albin Gritsch
10 Post-transplant: The First 3 Months
Phuong-Thu T. Pham and Gabriel M. Danovitch
11 Post-transplant: Long-term Management and Complications
Edmund Huang and Bertram L. Kasiske
12 Infections in Kidney Transplantation
Joanna M. Schaenman and Bernard M. Kubak
13 Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease
Suphamai Bunnapradist, Paul Martin, and Fabrizio Fabrizi
14 Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation, and Biopsy Technique
Steve S. Raman and Nagesh Ragavendra
15 Histopathology of Kidney Transplantation
Cynthia C. Nast and Mark Haas
16 Options for the Diabetic Kidney Transplant Candidate
Gerald S. Lipshutz
17 Kidney Transplantation in Children
Eileen Tsai Chambers, Meghan H. Pearl, and Robert B. Ettenger
18 Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
Akhil Shenoy and Itai Danovitch
19 Organ Transplant Law and Ethics
Alexandra Glazier
20 Nutrition in Kidney Transplant Candidates
Mareena George and Susan Weil Ernst
21 Psychosocial and Financial Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
Mara Hersh-Rifkin
22 Kidney Transplantation in the Developing World
Elmi Muller and Rudolph A. García-Gallont
23 The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Gabriel M. Danovitch
Index
