Full Description
Renal Transplantation has been written for use by trainees, doctors and nurses who are exposed to renal transplant patients and their donors. It is a practical, comprehensive guide to all aspects of renal transplantation. Every phase of donor and recipient care, from assessment to the transplant operation to post-transplant management, is included, with chapters covering essential background information and up-to-date management guidelines. Additional chapters include information on transplant immunology, tissue typing, immunosuppression and antibody incompatible transplantation. There are also chapters devoted to the most recent developments, particularly the increasing number of transplants from living donors, and strategies to perform 'high risk' transplants.
Contents
1. Introduction to renal transplantation ; 2. Assessment of adult potential recipients ; 3. Assessment of paediatric recipients ; 4. Deceased organ donors ; 5. The live donor ; 6. Immunology of transplantation ; 7. Tissue typing ; 8. Organ allocation ; 9. Immunosuppression ; 10. The transplant operation ; 11. Early postoperative management and surgical complications ; 12. Acute graft dysfunction ; 13. Chronic graft dysfunction ; 14. Medical management of the transplant recipient ; 15. Paediatric considerations ; 16. Infection following transplantation ; 17. Post-transplant malignancy ; 18. Pregnancy after a renal transplant ; 19. ABO and HLA incompatible transplantation ; 20. Kidney transplantaftion with another organ
