Bookedited by Gabriel M. Danovitch.
Contents:
Options for patients with advanced kidney disease / Gabriel M. Danovitch
Transplantation immunobiology / Hehua Dai and Fadi G. Lakkis
Histocompatability testing, crossmatching, immune monitoring / Michael Cecka and Elaine Reid
The science of deceased donor kidney transplantation / Frank Delmonico, Helen Nelson, and Jeffrey Veale
Allocation of deceased donor organs / Tom Mone and Prasad Garimella
Immunosupressive medications and protocols / Erik Lum, Ted Sievers, and Gabriel M. Danovitch
Living donor kidney transplantation / Anjay Rastogi, Mara Hersh-Rifkin, Albin Gritsch, Jeffrey Veale, and Suzanne McGuire
Evaluation of kidney transplant candidates / Mike Bunnapradist and Uttam Reddy
The transplant operation and its surgical complications / Albin Gritsch and Jeffrey Veale
Post-transplant : the first three months / Phuong-Thu T. Pham and Gabriel M. Danovitch
Post-transplant : long term management and complications / Edmund Huang and Bertram Kasiske
Infections in kidney transplantation / Joanna Schaenman and Bertram Kubak
Kidney transplantation and liver disease / Mike Bunnapradist and Paul Martin
Diagnostic imaging in kidney transplantation / Steven Raman and Nagesh Ragavendra
Histopathology of kidney transplantation / Cynthia C. Nast and Mark Haas
Options for the diabetic kidney transplant candidate / Gerald Lipshutz
Kidney transplantation in children / Eileen W. Tsai, Meghan H. Pearl, and Robert B. Ettenger
Psychiatric aspects of kidney transplantation / Akhil Shenoy and Itai Danovitch
Organ transplant law and ethics / Alexandra Glazier
Nutrition in kidney transplant candidates / Mareena George
Psychosocial and financial aspects of kidney transplantation / Mara Hersh Rifkin
Kidney transplantation in the developing world / Rudolph Garcia-Gallont and Elmi Muller
The declaration of istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism / Gabriel M. Danovitch.