Handbook of kidney transplantation
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ,
c2005
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| Edition: | 4th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Options for patients with kidney failure
- 2. Transplantation immunobiology
- 3. Histocompatibility testing, cross-matching, and allocation of kidney transplants
- 4. Immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation
- 5. Medical and surgical aspects of kidney donation
- 6. Evaluation and preparation of renal transplant candidates
- 7. The transplant operation and its surgical complications
- 8. The first three posttransplant months
- 9. Long-term posttransplant management and complications
- 10. Infections in kidney transplantation
- 11. Kidney transplantation and liver disease
- 12. Diagnostic imaging in kidney transplantation
- 13. Pathology of kidney transplantation
- 14. Kidney and pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients
- 15. Kidney transplantation in children
- 16. Psychiatric aspects of kidney transplantation
- 17. Ethical and legal issues surrounding kidney transplantation
- 18. Nutrition in the kidney transplant recipient
- 19. Psychosocial and financial aspects of transplantation