Handbook of renal and pancreatic transplantation [electronic resource] / editors, Iain A.M. MacPhee, Jiří Froněk.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (xvii, 481 p., [8] p. of col. plates) : ill. (some col.)

Subjects:

Kidneys -- Transplantation.
Pancreas -- Transplantation.

Medical subjects:

Kidney Transplantation.
Pancreas Transplantation.

Contents:

History of transplantation / Ji Fronk and Iain A.M. MacPhee
Assessment of the potential renal transplant recipient / Alan G. Jardine and Patrick B Mark
Pre-transplant assessment and medical evaluation of potential live kidney donors / Jonas Wadstrm
Histocompatibility and immunogenetics / Susan V. Fuggle and Craig J. Taylor
Donor management : the care of the heart beating brain dead multi-organ donor / Paul G. Murphy
Deceased donor retrieval / Albert M. Wolthuis ... [et al.]
Live donor nephrectomy / Ji Fronk and Nicos Kessaris
Organisation of transplant services, organ sharing, and organ allocation : a perspective from the UK and Eurotransplant / James Neuberger and Axel Rahmel
Deceased donor kidney transplantation / Luisa Berardinelli
Living donor kidney transplantation / Ji Fronk
Pancreas transplantation / Guido Woeste and Wolf O. Bechstein
Pancreatic islet transplantation / Frantisek Saudek
Anaesthesia for renal transplantation / Nicoletta Fossati
Anaesthesia for pancreatic transplantation / Kai Zacharowski and Hans-Joachim Wilke
Anaesthesia for live donor nephrectomy / Rehana Iqbal
Immunosuppression / Iain A.M. MacPhee and Teun van Gelder
Antibody removal / Nicos Kessaris and Nizam Mamode
Paediatric transplantation / Luisa Berardinelli and Luciana Ghio
Post-transplant diagnostic imaging / Lakshmi Ratnam and Uday Patel
Transplant histopathology / Eva Honsova
Infection / Rachel Hilton and Martin W. Drage
Management during the first three months after transplantation / Iain A.M. MacPhee, Joyce Popoola, and Daniel Jones
Management of long-term complications / Paul N. Harden ... [et al.]
Living donor follow-up / Ji Fronk and Robert Elias
Ethics of transplantation / Robert Elias and Rehana Iqbal.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.

Contributor:

MacPhee, Iain A. M.
Fronek, Jiri, 1970-
ebrary, Inc.
Christine Hikawa Fund.

Other format:

Print version: Handbook of renal and pancreatic transplantation.

ISBN:

1118305302 (electronic bk.)
9781118305300 (electronic bk.)
9780470654910
0470654910

Publisher Number:

99949272615

Web link:

The Christine Hikawa Fund Home Page

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1216612

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