Handbook of kidney transplantation

• Other Authors: Danovitch, Gabriel M. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2005
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Subjects: Kidney Transplantation
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• Item Description: Options for patients with kidney failure / William G. Goodman and Gabriel M. Danovitch -- Transplantation immunobiology / Didier A. Mandelbrot and Mohamed H. Sayegh -- Histocompatibility testing, cross-matching, and allocation of kidney transplants / J. Michael Cecka and Elaine F. Reed -- Immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation / Gabriel M. Danovitch -- Medical and surgical aspects of kidney donation / Elizabeth A. Kendrick ... [et al.] -- Evaluation and preparation of renal transplant candidates / Nauman Siddqi, Sundaram Hariharan and Gabriel M. Danovitch -- The transplant operation and its surgical complications / Jennifer Singer, H. Albin Gritsch, and J. Thomas Rosenthal -- The first three posttransplant months / William J.C. Amend, Jr., Flavio Vincenti, and Stephen J. Tomlanovich -- Long-term posttransplant management and complications / Meena Sahadevan and Bertram Kasiske --; Infections in kidney transplantation / Bernard M. Kubak ... [et al.] -- Kidney transplantation and liver disease / Fabrizio Fabrizi, Suphamai Bunnapradist, and Paul Martin -- Diagnostic imaging in kidney transplantation / Peter Zimmerman, Nagesh Ragavendra, and Christiaan Schiepers -- Pathology of kidney transplantation / Cynthia C. Nast and Arthur H. Cohen -- Kidney and pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients / John D. Pirsch, Hans W. Sollinger, and Craig Smith -- Kidney transplantation in children / Samhar I. Al-Akash and Robert B. Ettenger -- Psychiatric aspects of kidney transplantation / Kirk J. Murphy -- Ethical and legal issues surrounding kidney transplantation / Robyn S. Shapiro -- Nutrition in the kidney transplant recipient / Susan Weil Guichard -- Psychosocial and financial aspects of transplantation / Robert S. Gaston, Marci H. Gitlin.
• Physical Description: xiv, 542 pages illustrations (some colour) 21 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-506) and index
• ISBN: 9780781753227; 0781753228

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. It is part of the "Doody's Core Titles[trademark] 2009."