Handbook of Kidney Transplantation [6 ed.] 2017003544, 9781496388841, 1496326156, 1496388844

Table of contents :
Preface
Contributors
1 Options for Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease
Gabriel M. Danovitch
2 Transplantation Immunobiology
Hehua Dai and Fadi G. Lakkis
3 Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, Immune Monitoring
J. Michael Cecka, Qiuheng Jennifer Zhang, Raja Rajalingam, and Elaine F. Reed
4 The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Helen M. Nelson, Francis L. Delmonico, Jeffrey L. Veale, and Nick G. Cowan
5 Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys
Tom Mone, Rami Jandali, and Prasad Garimella
6 Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation
Theodore M. Sievers, Erik L. Lum, and Gabriel M. Danovitch
7 Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Anjay Rastogi, Mara Hersh-Rifkin, H. Albin Gritsch, Jeffrey L. Veale, Suzanne McGuire, and Amy Waterman
8 Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates
Suphamai Bunnapradist, Basmah Abdalla, and Uttam Reddy
9 The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications
Nick G. Cowan, Jeffrey L. Veale, and H. Albin Gritsch
10 Post-transplant: The First 3 Months
Phuong-Thu T. Pham and Gabriel M. Danovitch
11 Post-transplant: Long-term Management and Complications
Edmund Huang and Bertram L. Kasiske
12 Infections in Kidney Transplantation
Joanna M. Schaenman and Bernard M. Kubak
13 Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease
Suphamai Bunnapradist, Paul Martin, and Fabrizio Fabrizi
14 Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation, and Biopsy Technique
Steve S. Raman and Nagesh Ragavendra
15 Histopathology of Kidney Transplantation
Cynthia C. Nast and Mark Haas
16 Options for the Diabetic Kidney Transplant Candidate
Gerald S. Lipshutz
17 Kidney Transplantation in Children
Eileen Tsai Chambers, Meghan H. Pearl, and Robert B. Ettenger
18 Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
Akhil Shenoy and Itai Danovitch
19 Organ Transplant Law and Ethics
Alexandra Glazier
20 Nutrition in Kidney Transplant Candidates
Mareena George and Susan Weil Ernst
21 Psychosocial and Financial Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
Mara Hersh-Rifkin
22 Kidney Transplantation in the Developing World
Elmi Muller and Rudolph A. García-Gallont
23 The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Gabriel M. Danovitch
Index