Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice

✍ Scribed by Stuart Knechtle, Lorna Marson, Peter Morris

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 780
• Edition: 8th Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Offering practical guidance for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, many new to this edition, offers fresh perspectives on everything from applied science and surgical techniques to immunosuppressive methods, outcomes, risks, and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation, in both adults and children.

✦ Table of Contents

1 - Kidney Transplantation: A History......Page 14
2 - The Immunology of Transplantation......Page 22
3 - Chronic Kidney Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy......Page 49
4 - The Recipient of a Renal Transplant......Page 64
5 - Access for Renal Replacement Therapy......Page 82
6 - Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Donor Criteria and Care of Deceased Donor......Page 103
7 - Medical Evaluation of the Living Donor......Page 117
8 - Donor Nephrectomy......Page 128
9 - Kidney Preservation......Page 141
10 - Histocompatibility in Renal Transplantation......Page 152
11 - Surgical Techniques of Kidney Transplantation......Page 170
12 - Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder......Page 186
13 - Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation......Page 197
14 - Early Course of the Patient With a Kidney Transplant......Page 211
15 - Azathioprine and Mycophenolates......Page 225
16 - Steroids......Page 244
17 - Calcineurin Inhibitors......Page 255
18 - mTOR Inhibitors: Sirolimus and Everolimus......Page 274
19 - Antilymphocyte Globulin, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Fusion Proteins......Page 296
20 - Other Forms of Immunosuppression......Page 326
21 - Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance......Page 346
22 - Transplantation in the Sensitized Recipient and Across ABO Blood Groups......Page 368
23 - Paired Exchange Programs for Living Donors......Page 380
24 - Kidney Allocation......Page 384
25 - Pathology of Kidney Transplantation......Page 392
26 - Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and Rejection......Page 431
27 - Chronic Allograft Failure......Page 447
28 - Vascular and Lymphatic Complications After Kidney Transplantation......Page 471
29 - Urologic Complications After Kidney Transplantation......Page 500
30 - Cardiovascular Disease in Renal Transplantation......Page 509
31 - Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients......Page 530
32 - Liver Disease Among Renal Transplant Recipients......Page 552
33 - Neurologic Complications after Kidney Transplantation......Page 579
34 - Cutaneous Disease in Kidney Transplantation Patients......Page 591
35 - Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients......Page 604
36 - Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy......Page 621
37 - Kidney Transplantation in Children......Page 646
38 - Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries......Page 683
39 - Results of Renal Transplantation......Page 697
40 - Psychosocial Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation......Page 722
41 - Ethical and Legal Aspects of Kidney Donation......Page 737
42 - Evidence in Transplantation......Page 750
A......Page 759
B......Page 761
C......Page 762
D......Page 764
E......Page 766
G......Page 767
H......Page 768
I......Page 769
K......Page 770
L......Page 771
M......Page 772
O......Page 773
P......Page 774
R......Page 776
S......Page 777
T......Page 778
V......Page 779
Y......Page 780

✦ Subjects

Kidney Transplantation; Nephrology