Kidney Transplantation – Principles and Practice – 2019

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.

Kidney Transplantation – Principles and Practice, 8e

۱. Kidney Transplant: A History

۲. The Immunology of Transplantation

۳. Chronic Kidney Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy

۴. The Recipient of A Renal Transplant

۵. Access for Renal Replacement Therapy

۶. Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Donor Criteria and Care of Deceased Donor

۷. Medical Evaluation of the Living Donor

۸. Donor Nephrectomy

۹. Kidney Preservation

۱۰. Histocompatability in Kidney Transplantation

۱۱. Surgical Techniques of Kidney Transplantation

۱۲. Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder

۱۳. Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation

۱۴. Early Course of the Patient with a Kidney Transplant

۱۵. Azathioprine and Mycophenolates

۱۶. Steroids

۱۷. Calcineurin Inhibitors

۱۸. mTor Inhibitors: Sirolimus & Everolimus

۱۹. Antilymphocyte Globulin, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Fusion Proteins

۲۰. Other Forms of Immunosuppression

۲۱. Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance

۲۲. Transplantation in the Sensitized Recipient & Across ABO Blood Groups

۲۳. Paired Exchange Programs for Living Donors

۲۴. Kidney allocation

۲۵. Pathology of Kidney Transplantation

۲۶. Biomarkers in Kidney Injury and Rejection

۲۷. Chronic Allograft Failure

۲۸. Vascular and Lymphatic Complications after Kidney Transplantation

۲۹. Urological Complications after Kidney Transplantation

۳۰. Cardiovascular Disease in Renal Transplantation

۳۱. Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients

۳۲. Liver Disease among Renal Transplant Recipients

۳۳. Neurological Complications after Kidney Transplantation

۳۴. Cutaneous Disease in Kidney Transplantation Patients

۳۵. Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients

۳۶. Pancreas & Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy

۳۷. Kidney Transplantation in Children

۳۸. Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries

۳۹. Results of Renal Transplantation

۴۰. Psychological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation

۴۱. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Kidney Donation