Kidney transplantation: principles and practice
Morris, Peter J.
Kidney transplantation: principles and practice - 8th ed. - Philadelphia : Elsevier, 2020 - 1 online resource (xvi, 745 pages):illustrations (some color)
Kidney transplantation : a history -- The immunology of transplantation -- Chronic kidney failure : renal replacement therapy -- The recipient of a renal transplant -- Access for renal replacement therapy -- Brain death and cardiac death : donor criteria and care of deceased donor -- Medical evaluation of the living donor -- Donor nephrectomy -- Kidney preservation -- Histocompatibility in renal transplantation -- Surgical techniques of kidney transplantation -- Transplantation and the abnormal bladder -- Perioperative care of patients undergoing kidney transplantation -- Early course of the patient with a kidney transplant -- Azathioprine and mycophenolates -- Steroids -- Calcineurin inhibitors -- mTOR inhibitors : sirolimus and everolimus -- Antilymphocyte globulin, monoclonal antibodies, and fusion proteins -- Other forms of immunosuppression -- Approaches to the induction of tolerance -- Transplantation in the sensitized recipient and across ABO blood groups -- Paired exchange programs for living donors -- Kidney allocation -- Pathology of kidney transplantation -- Biomarkers of kidney injury and rejection -- Chronic allograft failure -- Vascular and lymphatic complications after kidney transplantation -- Urologic complications after kidney transplantation -- Cardiovascular disease in renal transplantation -- Infection in kidney transplant recipients -- Liver disease among renal transplant recipients -- Neurologic complications after kidney transplantation -- Cutaneous disease in kidney transplantation patients -- Cancer in dialysis and transplant patients -- Pancreas and kidney transplantation for diabetic nephropathy -- Kidney transplantation in children -- Kidney transplantation in developing countries -- Results of renal transplantation -- Psychosocial aspects of kidney transplantation and living kidney donation -- Ethical and legal aspects of kidney donation -- Evidence in transplantation.
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Kidney transplantation: principles and practice - 8th ed. - Philadelphia : Elsevier, 2020 - 1 online resource (xvi, 745 pages):illustrations (some color)
Kidney transplantation : a history -- The immunology of transplantation -- Chronic kidney failure : renal replacement therapy -- The recipient of a renal transplant -- Access for renal replacement therapy -- Brain death and cardiac death : donor criteria and care of deceased donor -- Medical evaluation of the living donor -- Donor nephrectomy -- Kidney preservation -- Histocompatibility in renal transplantation -- Surgical techniques of kidney transplantation -- Transplantation and the abnormal bladder -- Perioperative care of patients undergoing kidney transplantation -- Early course of the patient with a kidney transplant -- Azathioprine and mycophenolates -- Steroids -- Calcineurin inhibitors -- mTOR inhibitors : sirolimus and everolimus -- Antilymphocyte globulin, monoclonal antibodies, and fusion proteins -- Other forms of immunosuppression -- Approaches to the induction of tolerance -- Transplantation in the sensitized recipient and across ABO blood groups -- Paired exchange programs for living donors -- Kidney allocation -- Pathology of kidney transplantation -- Biomarkers of kidney injury and rejection -- Chronic allograft failure -- Vascular and lymphatic complications after kidney transplantation -- Urologic complications after kidney transplantation -- Cardiovascular disease in renal transplantation -- Infection in kidney transplant recipients -- Liver disease among renal transplant recipients -- Neurologic complications after kidney transplantation -- Cutaneous disease in kidney transplantation patients -- Cancer in dialysis and transplant patients -- Pancreas and kidney transplantation for diabetic nephropathy -- Kidney transplantation in children -- Kidney transplantation in developing countries -- Results of renal transplantation -- Psychosocial aspects of kidney transplantation and living kidney donation -- Ethical and legal aspects of kidney donation -- Evidence in transplantation.
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