Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice E-Book
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Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice E-Book

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Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice E-Book

About this book

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.- Offers state-of-the-art coverage of all areas of kidney transplantation such as preservation of kidneys; mechanisms of rejection and the induction of tolerance; techniques of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy; and immunosuppression.- Contains up-to-date outcomes data and analysis of the evidence supporting current practice in the field.- Includes new information on desensitization and considerable new data on the clinical use of costimulation blockade.- Keeps you current with new chapters on kidney allocation policy that reflects the ethical and societal values of different countries and populations; and biomarkers of kidney injury and rejection, including the need for better monitoring tools to guide therapy and patient management.- Covers hot topics such as management of chronic allograft failure, the sensitized patient and antibody-mediated rejection, and paired exchange principles.- Features hundreds of superb illustrations to help you visualize key concepts and nuances of renal transplantation.- Provides dynamic visual guidance with new real-time video coverage of ultrasound-guided pancreas allograft biopsy; a new animation of calcineurin inhibitor mechanism of action animation; and videos that demonstrate the formation of an immune synapse, 3-D rotational images of immune synapses, an NK cell killing its target, peritoneal dialysis-catheter insertion techniques, laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) donor nephrectomy, and more.- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

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Yes, you can access Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice E-Book by Stuart J. Knechtle,Lorna P. Marson,Peter J Morris,Peter Morris in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nephrology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780323547963
Edition
8
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Nephrology

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Video Contents
  6. Preface to the First Edition
  7. Preface to the Eighth Edition
  8. Contributors
  9. 1. Kidney Transplantation: A History
  10. 2. The Immunology of Transplantation
  11. 3. Chronic Kidney Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy
  12. 4. The Recipient of a Renal Transplant
  13. Chapter 5. Access for Renal Replacement Therapy
  14. Chapter 6. Brain Death and Cardiac Death : Donor Criteria and Care of Deceased Donor
  15. 7. Medical Evaluation of the Living Donor
  16. Chapter 8. Donor Nephrectomy
  17. 9. Kidney Preservation
  18. Chapter 10. Histocompatibility in Renal Transplantation
  19. 11. Surgical Techniques of Kidney Transplantation
  20. 12. Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder
  21. 13. Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation
  22. 14. Early Course of the Patient With a Kidney Transplant
  23. 15. Azathioprine and Mycophenolates
  24. 16. Steroids
  25. 17. Calcineurin Inhibitors
  26. 18. mTOR Inhibitors: Sirolimus and Everolimus
  27. 19. Antilymphocyte Globulin, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Fusion Proteins
  28. 20. Other Forms of Immunosuppression
  29. 21. Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance
  30. 22. Transplantation in the Sensitized Recipient and Across ABO Blood Groups
  31. 23. Paired Exchange Programs for Living Donors
  32. 24. Kidney Allocation
  33. 25. Pathology of Kidney Transplantation
  34. 26. Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and Rejection
  35. 27. Chronic Allograft Failure
  36. 28. Vascular and Lymphatic Complications After Kidney Transplantation
  37. 29. Urologic Complications After Kidney Transplantation
  38. 30. Cardiovascular Disease in Renal Transplantation
  39. 31. Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
  40. 32. Liver Disease Among Renal Transplant Recipients
  41. 33. Neurologic Complications after Kidney Transplantation
  42. 34. Cutaneous Disease in Kidney Transplantation Patients
  43. 35. Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients
  44. Chapter 36. Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy
  45. 37. Kidney Transplantation in Children
  46. 38. Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries
  47. 39. Results of Renal Transplantation
  48. 40. Psychosocial Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation
  49. 41. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Kidney Donation
  50. 42. Evidence in Transplantation
  51. Index