Overview

Organ transplantation is increasingly complex and at the same time increasingly effective. The lengthening waiting list for cadaver organs now exceeds the supply several-fold. Most practicing physicians encounter only a few transplant recipients during a year of practice. This volume was written as a quick, but comprehensive, reference for medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and practicing physicians who interface intermittently with recipients and transplant teams. It contains twentyone chapters and twelve essays; together they present the standard of practice and also controversial issues such as the ethical dilemma of long waiting lists, noncompliance with long-term immunosuppression, the relationship between acute and chronic rejection, the living organ donor, the older cadaver donor, laparoscopic nephrectomy, retransplantation, organ banks and the national transplant network's criteria for allocating organs to potential recipients, and the promise of xenotransplantation. Appendix I includes detailed information about immunosuppressive drugs.

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Author:   Frank P. Stuart ,  Michael M. Abecassis ,  Dixon B. Kaufman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Landes Bioscience
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 20.50cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9781570596759

ISBN 10:   1570596751
Pages:   636
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Immunologie Concepts 2. Overview of Living and Deceased Organ Donors, Immunosuppression and Outcomes 3. Organ Allocation in the United States 4. Organ Procurement Organizations 5. Procurement and Short-Term Preservation of Cadaveric Organs 6. Kidney Transplantation 7. Pancreas Transplantation 8. Islet Transplantation 9. Liver Transplantation 10. Intestinal Transplantation 11. Heart Transplantation 12. Lung Transplantation 13. Paediatric Transplantation Part A: Heart Transplantation Part B Kidney Transplantation Part C Liver Transplantation Part D paediatric Lung Transplantation 14. Anesthesia for Organ Transplantation 15. Psychiatric Issues in Organ Transplantation 16. Infections in Transplant Recipients 17. Early Medical Problems Common to Many Recipients 18. Late Complications of Transplantation 19. Organ Transplantation Finance 20. Regulatory and Fiscal Relationships between Transplant Centers and Transplant Surgeons/Physicians 21. Pregnancy and Transplantation

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Frank P. Stuart, Michael M. Abecassis, Dixon B. Kaufman, all Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

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