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Handbook Guide to Kidney Transplant
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This is an indispensable book, for all healthcare professionals practicing or in training in the care of kidney transplant patients. It encompasses topics from the most basic sciences to the latest clinical trials and most current managements, in a concise and clear manner.
• This time saving format allows you to access the information efficiently whilst still being up to date.
• High-yield, comprehensive coverage on the embryology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, immunology, pathology, surgical and medical care of kidney transplant patients, including access surgery for end stage renal disease patients, and procurement surgery.
• It covers the latest topics on organ donor assessment, evaluating recipients and living donors, induction protocols, different maintenance regimens, tolerance trials, blood group incompatible kidney transplants, the utilization of hepatitis B / C donor kidneys, rejections, increased risk donations and many more topics.
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Index
A
A2 to B, 101–102
ABO blood groups, 28
ABO incompatibility, 28, 86, 96–100, 160
ACE inhibitors, 48
Acid base disorders, 10–11
ALERT-Ext trial, 135
Alloantibodies, 27, 97
allorecognition
direct pathway, 35
indirect pathway, 35
Alport syndrome, 84
ANCA vasculitis, 146
Anemia, 122, 132, 136, 138, 143
Anergy, 33, 38, 45
Ant-CD52 (alemtuzumab), 41, 107, 115
Antibodies, 167
IgA, 19, 84
IgD, 20
IgE, 20, 22
IgG, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 38, 40, 42, 101, 112, 113, 137, 168
IgM, 19, 22, 23, 29, 38, 101, 112, 113, 137, 163
Antibody mediated rejection (AMR), 101, 165
Anti-CD2 (alefacept), 38
Anti-CD20 (rituximab), 41, 98–101, 117, 140, 144, 145, 168, 169
Anti-CD25 (basiliximab), 39–41, 115
Antigen presenting cells, 19
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, 146
Anti-LFA-1 (efalizumab), 38
Antimetabolites, 49
azathioprine, 49, 136–138
mycophenolate mofetil, 49
...Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Renal Anatomy
- Renal Embryology
- Renal Physiology
- Energy and Fuel Metabolism in the Kidney
- Immunology
- HLA and MHC
- Transplant Immunology
- Transplant Pharmacology
- Organ Procurements
- Dialysis Access
- Kidney Transplant
- Kidney Transplantation and Surgical Procedures
- Postoperative Surgical Complications
- Desensitization Protocols for ABO Incompatible and HLA Sensitized Patients
- A2 to B Kidney Transplants
- Two-for-One Kidney Transplants and Use of Pediatric En Blocs
- Two-for-one adult kidney
- Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Kidneys in Non–Hepatitis C Infected Recipients
- Use of Hepatitis B positve Donor Kidneys
- Kidney Transplant: Induction Therapy and Protocols
- Minimization of Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI)
- Delayed Graft Function (DGF)
- Postoperative Renal Dysfunction
- Kidney Transplant Outcomes
- Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease in kidney Transplant Recipients
- Hematologic Surveillance Posttransplant
- Obesity in Kidney Transplant
- ESRD etiology and risk of recurrence Posttransplant
- Transplant Nephrectomy:
- Reproduction and Transplant
- Selective Transplant Infections
- Rejection Immunology
- Transplant Rejection
- Transplant Rejection Biopsy Changes
- Transplant Rejection Treatment
- Index