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.
Features
--NEW! Immunosuppressive agents and impact on clinical practice
--NEW! Update on management of patient with end-stage renal disease
--Portable and easy to read
About the Author(s)
- Gabriel M Danovitch MD
- Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, UCLA Medical Center; Professor, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Specs
- Edition: Fifth
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781793742
- Trim Size: 5 x 8
- Pages: 496
- Pub Date: Oct 28, 2009
- Weight: 1.0
Associated Specialties
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
