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Title Handbook of kidney transplantation / edited by Gabriel M. Danovitch
Edition 5th ed
Published Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 471 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Contents Options for patients with end-stage renal disease -- Transplantation immunobiology -- Histocompatibility testing, crossmatching, and immune monitoring -- Science of deceased donor kidney transplantation -- Immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation -- Living donor kidney transplantation -- Evaluation of adult kidney transplantation candidates -- Transplant operation and its surgical complications -- First quarter: the first three months after transplant -- Long-term post-transplant management and complications -- Infections in kidney transplantation -- Kidney transplantation and liver disease -- Diagnostic imaging in kidney transplantation -- Pathology of kidney transplantation -- Kidney and pancreas transplantation in the diabetic patient -- Kidney transplantation in children -- Psychiatric aspects of kidney transplantation -- Ethical and policy issues in organ transplantation -- Nutrition in the kidney transplant recipient -- Psychosocial and financial aspects -- Delaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Summary 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 pati
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kidneys -- Transplantation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Kidneys -- Transplantation.
Kidney Transplantation
Kidneys -- Transplantation
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Transplantation rénale.
Rein -- Transplantation.
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Danovitch, Gabriel M., editor.
ISBN 9781451167009
1451167008
9781469866017
1469866013