Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chandraker, Anil (Editor), Sayegh, Mohamed H. (Editor), Singh, Ajay K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Nephrology.; Surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; Internal Medicine.

Though kidney transplantation is considered a routine procedure, there are still significant challenges in post-transplant management. Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation is a clinically focused authoritative guide to the management of kidney transplantation.  This comprehensive, state-of-the-art...

Table of Contents:

• Transplantation Immunobiology
• Basic Histocompatibility Testing Methods
• Medical Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor
• Evaluation of Renal Transplant Candidates
• Surgical Management of the Renal Transplant Recipient
• Overview of Immunosuppressive Therapies in Renal Transplantation
• Allograft Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Management
• Approach to Medical Complications after Kidney Transplantation
• Infectious Complications in Renal Transplant Recipients
• Recurrent and De-Novo Glomerulonephritis after Kidney Transplantation.