Transplantation at a Glance

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-470-65842-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 219 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 326 g

Reihe: At a Glance

The first basic overview of all aspects of transplantation with a clarity not to be found in more inaccessible textbooks.

This brand new title provides a succinct overview of both the scientific and clinical principles of organ transplantation and the types of organ transplant, featuring highly-illustrated information covering core topics in transplantation including:

* Organ donors
* Organ preservation
* Assessment of transplant recipients
* Indications for transplantation
* Immunology of transplantation
* Immunosuppression and its complications
* Overviews of thoracic and abdominal organ transplantation, including the kidneys, liver, heart and lungs

Transplantation at a Glance is the ideal introduction for medical students, junior doctors, surgical trainees, immunology students, pharmacists, and nurses on transplant wards.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clatworthy, Menna

Watson, Christopher

Allison, Michael

Dark, John

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Transplantationschirurgie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1 History of transplantation

Organ donors

2 Diagnosis of death and its physiology

3 Deceased organ donation

4 Live donor kidney transplantation

5 Live donor liver transplantation

Organ preservation

6 Organ preservation

Immunology of organ transplantation

7 Innate immunity

8 Adaptive immunity and antigen presentation

9 Humoral and cellular immunity

Histocompatibility in transplantation

10 Tissue typing and HLA matching

11 Detecting HLA antibodies

12 Antibody-incompatible transplantation

Organ allocation

13 Organ allocation

Immunosuppression

14 Immunosuppression: induction vs maintenance

15 Biological agents

16 T-cell-targeted immunosuppression

Complications of immunosuppression

17 Side-effects of immunosuppressive agents

18 Post-transplantation infection

19 CMV infection

20 Post-transplantation malignancy

Kidney transplantation

21 End-stage renal failure

22 Complications of ESRF

23 Dialysis and its complications

24 Assessment for kidney transplantation

25 Kidney transplantation: the operation

26 Surgical complications of kidney transplantation

27 Delayed graft function

28 Transplant rejection

29 Chronic allograft dysfunction

Pancreas transplantation

30 Transplantation for diabetes mellitus

31 Pancreas transplantation

32 Islet transplantation

Liver transplantation

33 Causes of liver failure

34Assessment for liver transplantation

35 Liver transplantation: the operation

36 Complications of liver transplantation

Intestinal transplantation

37 Intestinal failure and assessment

38 Intestinal transplantation

Heart transplantation

39 Assessment for heart transplantation

40 Heart transplantation: the operation

41 Complications of heart transplantation

Lung transplantation

42 Assessment for lung transplantation

43 Lung transplantation: the operation

44 Complications of lung transplantation

Composite tissue transplantation

45 Composite tissue transplantation

Xenotransplantation

46 Xenotransplantation

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dark, John
John Dark is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Allison, Michael
Michael Allison is at the Nonprofit Management Consulting Group

Clatworthy, Menna
Menna Clatworthy is at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital

Watson, Christopher
Christopher Watson is at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge

Menna Clatworthy is at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital

Christopher Watson is at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge

Michael Allison is at the Nonprofit Management Consulting Group

John Dark is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne