Handbook of Kidney Transplantation 6/e

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South Asian Edition of Handbook of Kidney Transplantation Concise, readable, practical and well-illustrated, the sixth edition of the Handbook of Kidney Transplantation has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the most current knowledge and practice in the field. Ideal for physicians, surgeons, fellows, and nurses who manage kidney transplant patients, it covers everything from treatment options for end-stage renal disease to transplantation, post-operative management and transplant immunology, focusing on every key aspect of the clinical practice of kidney transplantation.

Key Features               

• Includes new chapters on the Allocation of Deceased Donor Organs and Kidney Transplantation in the Developing world, as well as expanded chapters on living donation and immunosuppressive drugs and protocols.
• Outlines the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient care.
• Covers immunobiology and immunosuppression, as well as surgery, histocompatibility and short and long-term follow-up.
   

Table of Contents

1- Options for Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease 1

Gabriel M. Danovitch 

2- Transplantation Immunobiology 21 

Hehua Dai and Fadi G. Lakkis 

3- Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, Immune Monitoring 46 

J. Michael Cecka, Qiuheng Jennifer Zhang, Raja Rajalingam, and Elaine F. Reed 

4- The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation 76 

Helen M. Nelson, Francis L. Delmonico, Jeffrey L. Veale, and Nick G. Cowan 

5- Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys 92

Tom Mone, Rami Jandali, and Prasad Garimella

6- Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation 100

Theodore M. Sievers, Erik L. Lum, and Gabriel M. Danovitch 

7-Living Donor Kidney Transplantation 164

Anjay Rastogi, Mara Hersh-Rifkin, H. Albin Gritsch, Jeffrey L. Veale, Suzanne McGuire, and Amy Waterman 

8- Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates 207 

Suphamai Bunnapradist, Basmah Abdalla, and Uttam Reddy

9- The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications 239 

Nick G. Cowan, Jeffrey L. Veale, and H. Albin Gritsch 

10- Post-transplant: The First 3 Months 257

Phuong-Thu T. Pham and Gabriel M. Danovitch

11- Post-transplant: Long-term Management and Complications 281

Edmund Huang and Bertram L. Kasiske 

12- Infections in Kidney Transplantation 319

Joanna M. Schaenman and Bernard M. Kubak

13-- Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease 357 

Suphamai Bunnapradist, Paul Martin, and Fabrizio Fabrizi 

14- Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation, and Biopsy Technique 372

Steve S. Raman and Nagesh Ragavendra 

15- Histopathology of Kidney Transplantation 392 

Cynthia C. Nast and Mark Haas 

16- Options for the Diabetic Kidney Transplant Candidate 423

Gerald S. Lipshutz 

17- Kidney Transplantation in Children 452

Eileen Tsai Chambers, Meghan H. Pearl, and Robert B. Ettenger 

18- Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation 492 

Akhil Shenoy and Itai Danovitch 

19- Organ Transplant Law and Ethics 511

Alexandra Glazier 

20- Nutrition in Kidney Transplant Candidates 521 

Mareena George and Susan Weil Ernst