Handbook of kidney transplantation
By: edited by Gabriel M. Danovitch.
Contributors: Danovitch, Gabriel M.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
Subjects: Kidneys -- Transplantation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Kidney Transplantation
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: A practical overview of renal transplantation for physicians who manage transplant patients as well as nurses and other professionals on the transplant team. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised with completely up-to-date coverage of topics such as immunosuppressive drugs, short- and long-term post-transplant management and complications, and ethical/legal issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-506) and index.
Table of contents: title: Options for patients with kidney failure / William G. Goodman and Gabriel M. Danovitch; title: Transplantation immunobiology / Didier A. Mandelbrot and Mohamed H. Sayegh; title: Histocompatibility testing, cross-matching, and allocation of kidney transplants / J. Michael Cecka and Elaine F. Reed; title: Immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation / Gabriel M. Danovitch; title: Medical and surgical aspects of kidney donation / Elizabeth Kendrick ... [et al.]; title: Evaluation and preparation of renal transplant candidates / Nauman Siddqi and Sundaram Hariharan; title: The transplant operation and its surgical complications / Jennifer Singer, H. Albin Gritsch, and J. Thomas Rosenthal; title: The first three posttransplant months / William J.C. Amend, Jr., Flavio Vincenti, and Stephen J. Tomlanovich; title: Long-term posttransplant management and complications / Meena Sahadevan and Bertram Kasiske; title: Infections in kidney transplantation / Bernard M. Kubak ... [et al.]; title: Kidney transplantation and liver disease / Fabrizio Fabrizi, Suphamai Bunnapradist, and Paul Martin; title: Diagnostic imaging in kidney transplantation / Peter Zimmerman, Nagesh Ragavendra, and Christiaan Schiepers; title: Pathology of kidney transplantation / Cynthia C. Nast and Arthur H. Cohen; title: Kidney and pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients / John D. Pirsch, Hans W. Sollinger, and Craig Smith; title: Kidney transplantation in children / Samhar I. al-Akash and Robert B. Ettenger; title: Psychiatric aspects of kidney transplantation / Kirk Murphy; title: Ethical and legal issues surrounding kidney transplantation / Robyn S. Shapiro; title: Nutrition in the kidney transplant recipient / Susan Weil Guichard; title: Psychosocial and financial aspects of transplantation / Robert S. Gaston, Marci H. Gitlin.