American Society of Transplantation

Primer on Transplantation (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hricik, Donald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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: href="http://www.astprimer.com/">www.astprimer.com The website includes: * Interactive Multiple-Choice Questions for each chapter * Figures from the book as Powerpoints for downloading * All chapters online

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444391763
• Artikelnr.: 37349357

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"This book strives to introduce a broad audience to the critical issues in solid organ transplantation. A book providing such an overview to people with a basic medical background is valuable to the educational mission of the American Society of Transplantation." (Doody's, 16 September 2011)