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Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A practical guide for physicians! surgeons! nurses! and other professionals who manage kidney transplant patients. It includes information on options for patients with end-stage renal disease! immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation! and the first two months following transplant. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
