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
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Kidneys -- Transplantation.
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Kidney Transplantation
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Kidneys -- Transplantation
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Transplantation rénale.
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Rein -- Transplantation.
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Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Danovitch, Gabriel M., editor.
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ISBN |
9781451167009 |
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1451167008 |
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9781469866017 |
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1469866013 |
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