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Primer on Transplantation.
Produced in association with the American Society of Transplantation, this new edition is full of practical advice for the next generation of transplant professionals. In addition to 5 organ-specific chapters: kidney, pancreas, heart, lung and liver, the book includes essential information on:immuno...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Halftitle page; Companion website; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Terminology; Histocompatibility antigens; B cells and humoral rejection; T cells and T-cell-mediated rejection; Xenotransplantation; Bone marrow transplantation; 1 Immunology of transplantation; Drug metabolism in organ failure; Individual immunosuppressive agents; Drugs that cause lymphocyte depletion; 2 Pharmacology of transplantation; Declaration of brain death; Consent for organ donation; Physiology of brain death; Donor criteria; Cardiovascular management.
- Hormone replacement therapyRespiratory management; Donation after cardiac death; 3 Medical management of the deceased donor in solid organ transplantation; Risk of infection; Timeline of infection; Pretransplant evaluation; General principles in management of infectious syndromes; Antimicrobial selection in the transplant recipient; Special considerations after transplantation; Viral infections; Fungal infections; Parasitic infections; Immunizations pre- and post-transplant; 4 Infectious diseases in transplantation; Common symptoms or abnormalities occurring in transplant recipients.
- Common metabolic abnormalitiesRenal disease in transplant recipients; Cancer in organ transplant recipients; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Bone disease; Other significant primary care issues in transplant recipients; Neuropsychiatric problems; 5 Management of the successful solid organ transplant recipient; Causes, demographics, and conservative treatment of children with end-stage organ disease; Donors for pediatric organ transplantation; Peritransplant procedures; Post-transplant monitoring; Immunosuppression for pediatric transplantation.
- Outcomes of pediatric organ transplantationPediatric organ transplant complications; 6 Pediatric transplantation; Patient and allograft outcomes; Recipient selection and evaluation; Donor selection and evaluation; Surgical techniques and complications; Immunosuppression; Diagnosis of allograft rejection; Long-term complications; Current status of islet cell transplantation; 7 Kidney and pancreas transplantation; Recipient selection; The waiting list; Donor selection and management; Surgical techniques/perioperative management/early complications; Physiology of the denervated heart.
- Immunosuppression after heart transplantationDiagnosis of rejection; Outcomes/post-transplant follow-up; Prevention of complications after heart transplantation; Cardiac surgery, including re-transplantation, in heart transplant recipients; The future of cardiac transplantation; 8 Heart transplantation; Selection of patients for lung transplantation; Technical considerations; The implantation procedure; The postoperative period; 9 Lung transplantation; Patient and allograft outcomes; Recipient selection and evaluation; Evaluation and selection of liver allograft donors.