Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients

Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients is an easy to read, up to date, clinical resource written by experts in the field of kidney transplantation. The book explains how donors and recipients are selected for transplantation, how the surgical procedure is perform...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: McKay, Dianne B. (Editor), Steinberg, Steven M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
Edition:First.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1690-7
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Ten Things Not to Do -- The Transplant Procedure: Surgical Techniques and Complications -- What is Transplant Immunology and Why are Allografts Rejected? -- What is Histocompatability Testing and How is It Done? -- What is UNOS and How are Kidneys Allocated/What is an OPO and How Does it Work? -- Live Donors: How to Optimally Protect the Donor -- Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Essentials for the Nephrologist -- New Sources in Living Kidney Donation -- What are the Immunosuppressive Medications?How Do They Work? What Are Their Side Effects? -- Optimizing Immunosuppression -- Evaluation of Renal Allograft Dysfunction -- The Kidney Transplant Biopsy -- Evaluation of the Kidney Transplant Candidate and Follow Up of the Listed Patient -- The Acute Care of the Transplant Recipient -- Post-Transplant Cardiovascular Disease -- Diabetes Mellitus and Transplantation: Risks for Post-Transplant Diabetes -- Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients -- Malignancies Before and After Transplantation -- Bone Disease in Renal Transplantation -- Sexuality and Pregnancy Before and After Transplantation -- Socioeconomic Issues and the Transplant Recipient -- Adherence to the Immunosuppressive Regimen in Adult and Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients -- Transitioning Between Pediatric and Adult Clinics -- Index. 
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