Primer on Transplantation

American Society of Transplantation (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

318 Seiten

2011 | 3rd edition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-4267-0 (ISBN)

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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:

immunobiology
pharmacology
donor management
infectious complications
pediatric transplantation
general principles of patient management

Fully updated and redesigned to make it even more user-friendly, the book now contains clinical vignettes, key point boxes, and self-assessment multiple choice questions in each chapter.

Primer on Transplantation, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for all health professionals in the transplant team including trainees, residents, fellows, physicians, surgeons, nurses and transplant co-ordinators.

Purchasing this book entitles you to access to the companion website:

www.astprimer.com

The website includes:

Interactive Multiple-Choice Questions for each chapter
Figures from the book as Powerpoints for downloading
All chapters online

Donald Hricik; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, Cleveland, USA.

Preface vi

Contributors vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Immunology of transplantation, 1
Qiquan Sun, Jason M Zimmerer, and Gregg A Hadley

2 Pharmacology of transplantation, 18
Ian AC Rowe and James M Neuberger

3 Medical management of the deceased donor in solid organ transplantation, 35
John McCartney and Kenneth E Wood

4 Infectious diseases in transplantation, 51
Robin K Avery and Jay A Fishman

5 Management of the successful solid organ transplant recipient, 73
Elizabeth A Kendrick and Connie L Davis

6 Pediatric transplantation, 103
William Harmon

7 Kidney and pancreas transplantation, 129
Joshua J Augustine, Kenneth A Bodziak, Aparna Padiyar, James A Schulak, and Donald E Hricik

8 Heart transplantation, 171
Maryl R Johnson, Walter G Kao, Elaine M Winkel, Joseph L Bobadilla, Takushi Kohmoto, and Niloo M Edwards

9 Lung transplantation, 205
Jonathan E Spahr and Keith C Meyer

10 Liver transplantation, 238
Kimberly A Brown, Mary Ann Huang, Marwan Kazimi, and Dilip Moonka

Multiple choice questions, 274

Answers to multiple choice questions, 291

Index 295

Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	196 x 254 mm
Gewicht	866 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
Schlagworte	Transplantationschirurgie
ISBN-10	1-4051-4267-7 / 1405142677
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-4267-0 / 9781405142670
Zustand	Neuware