Lung Transplantation (eBook, ePUB)

Principles and Practice
Redaktion: Vigneswaran, Wickii; Odell, John; Garrity, Edward

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With 39 chapters from international experts in the field, this book covers the current practice in donor and recipient management as well as current treatment strategies and outcomes. It discusses significant advances achieved in the past decade in areas such as donor allocation, organ preservation and management, recipient selection, management and support, surgical and critical care techniques, immune suppression, and infection prophylaxis. Specific instances of pulmonary disease that commonly necessitate lung transplantation are also covered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 461
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429586408
• Artikelnr.: 55339653

Autorenporträt

Edited by Wickii T. Vigneswaran, MD, MBA, FRCSC, FRCS(CTh), FACS, professor and chief of thoracic surgery, Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago (Maywood), Illinois, USA Edward R. Garrity, Jr., MD, MBA, professor of medicine, vice chair of clinical operations, and associate director of transplantation services, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA John A. Odell, MBChB, FRCS(Ed), FACS, emeritus professor of surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Inhaltsangabe

GENERAL TOPICS. History of Lung Transplantation. Immunology of Lung
Transplantation. Ethical Considerations in Transplantation: A Focus on Lung
Transplantation. Indications for Lung Transplantation and Patient
Selection. Recipient Management before Transplantation. DONOR MANAGEMENT.
Allocation of Donor Lungs. Donor Selection and Management.
Non-Heart-Beating Donors. Donor Lung Preservation. Donor Procurement. Ex
Vivo Lung Perfusion. RECIPIENT MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME. The Humoral Response
to Lung Transplantation. Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation. Mechanical
Ventilation and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Bridges to Lung
Transplantation. Single-Lung Transplantation: Technical Aspects. Bilateral
Sequential Lung Transplantation: Technical Aspects. Heart-Lung
Transplantation: Technical Aspects. Lobar Lung Transplantation from Living
Donors: Technical Aspects. Technical Aspects of Redo Lung Transplantation
and Lung Transplantation after Previous Thoracotomy. Lung Transplantation
for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Lung Transplantation for Emphysema and
¿1-antitrypsin Deficiency. Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis and
Bronchiectasis. Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Hypertension. Lung
Transplantation for Connective Tissue Disorders. Posttransplantation
Critical Care Management. Primary Graft Dysfunction. Management of Surgical
Complications. Immunosuppression Strategies in Lung Transplantation. Viral
Infections in Lung Transplantation. Fungal Infections in Lung
Transplantation. Bacterial Infections after Lung Transplantation. Diagnosis
of Lung Rejection and Infection: A Pathologist's Perspective. Obliterative
Bronchiolitis/Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome: Etiology, Diagnosis, and
Management. Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Other Than Bronchiolitis
Obliterans Syndrome. Medical Complications of Lung Transplantation.
Malignancy Following Lung Transplantation. Quality of Life Following Lung
Transplantation. FUTURE OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. Future Therapies in Lung
Transplantation. New Horizons in Lung Transplantation.