

Transplantation at a Glance
Samenvatting
The first basic overview of all aspects of transplantation with a clarity not to be found in more inaccessible textbooks.
This brand new title provides a succinct overview of both the scientific and clinical principles of organ transplantation and the types of organ transplant, featuring highly–illustrated information covering core topics in transplantation including:
Organ donors
Organ preservation
Assessment of transplant recipients
Indications for transplantation
Immunology of transplantation
Immunosuppression and its complications
Overviews of thoracic and abdominal organ transplantation, including the kidneys, liver, heart and lungs
Transplantation at a Glance is the ideal introduction for medical students, junior doctors, surgical trainees, immunology students, pharmacists, and nurses on transplant wards.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
<p>List of abbreviations 8</p>
<p>1 History of transplantation 10</p>
<p>Organ donors</p>
<p>2 Diagnosis of death and its physiology 12</p>
<p>3 Deceased organ donation 14</p>
<p>4 Live donor kidney transplantation 16</p>
<p>5 Live donor liver transplantation 18</p>
<p>Organ preservation</p>
<p>6 Organ preservation 20</p>
<p>Immunology of organ transplantation</p>
<p>7 Innate immunity 22</p>
<p>8 Adaptive immunity and antigen presentation 24</p>
<p>9 Humoral and cellular immunity 26</p>
<p>Histocompatibility in transplantation</p>
<p>10 Tissue typing and HLA matching 28</p>
<p>11 Detecting HLA antibodies 30</p>
<p>12 Antibody–incompatible transplantation 32</p>
<p>Organ allocation</p>
<p>13 Organ allocation 34</p>
<p>Immunosuppression</p>
<p>14 Immunosuppression: induction vs maintenance 36</p>
<p>15 Biological agents 37</p>
<p>16 T cell–targeted immunosuppression 38</p>
<p>Complications of immunosuppression</p>
<p>17 Side effects of immunosuppressive agents 40</p>
<p>18 Post–transplant infection 42</p>
<p>19 CMV infection 44</p>
<p>20 Post–transplant malignancy 46</p>
<p>Kidney transplantation</p>
<p>21 End–stage renal failure 48</p>
<p>22 Complications of ESRF 50</p>
<p>23 Dialysis and its complications 52</p>
<p>24 Assessment for kidney transplantion 54</p>
<p>25 Kidney transplantation: the operation 56</p>
<p>26 Surgical complications of kidney transplantation 58</p>
<p>27 Delayed graft function 60</p>
<p>28 Transplant rejection 62</p>
<p>29 Chronic renal allograft dysfunction 64</p>
<p>Pancreas and islet transplantation</p>
<p>30 Transplantation for diabetes mellitus 66</p>
<p>31 Pancreas transplantation 68</p>
<p>32 Islet transplantation 70</p>
<p>Liver transplantation</p>
<p>33 Causes of liver failure 72</p>
<p>34 Assessment for liver transplantation 74</p>
<p>35 Liver transplantation: the operation 76</p>
<p>36 Complications of liver transplantation 78</p>
<p>Intestinal transplantation</p>
<p>37 Intestinal failure and assessment 80</p>
<p>38 Intestinal transplantation 82</p>
<p>Heart transplantation</p>
<p>39 Assessment for heart transplantation 84</p>
<p>40 Heart transplantation: the operation 86</p>
<p>41 Complications of heart transplantation 88</p>
<p>Lung transplantation</p>
<p>42 Assessment for lung transplantation 90</p>
<p>43 Lung transplantation: the operation 92</p>
<p>44 Complications of lung transplantation 94</p>
<p>Composite tissue transplantation</p>
<p>45 Composite tissue transplantation 96</p>
<p>Xenotransplantation</p>
<p>46 Xenotransplantation 98</p>
<p>Index 100</p>