Menna Clatworthy, Christopher Watson, Michael Allison, John Dark

Transplantation at a Glance (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118308547
• Artikelnr.: 37870698

Autorenporträt

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 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. John Dark is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 7 List of abbreviations 8 1 History of transplantation 10 Organ
donors 2 Diagnosis of death and its physiology 12 3 Deceased organ donation
14 4 Live donor kidney transplantation 16 5 Live donor liver
transplantation 18 Organ preservation 6 Organ preservation 20 Immunology of
organ transplantation 7 Innate immunity 22 8 Adaptive immunity and antigen
presentation 24 9 Humoral and cellular immunity 26 Histocompatibility in
transplantation 10 Tissue typing and HLA matching 28 11 Detecting HLA
antibodies 30 12 Antibody-incompatible transplantation 32 Organ allocation
13 Organ allocation 34 Immunosuppression 14 Immunosuppression: induction vs
maintenance 36 15 Biological agents 37 16 T cell-targeted immunosuppression
38 Complications of immunosuppression 17 Side effects of immunosuppressive
agents 40 18 Post-transplant infection 42 19 CMV infection 44 20
Post-transplant malignancy 46 Kidney transplantation 21 End-stage renal
failure 48 22 Complications of ESRF 50 23 Dialysis and its complications 52
24 Assessment for kidney transplantion 54 25 Kidney transplantation: the
operation 56 26 Surgical complications of kidney transplantation 58 27
Delayed graft function 60 28 Transplant rejection 62 29 Chronic renal
allograft dysfunction 64 Pancreas and islet transplantation 30
Transplantation for diabetes mellitus 66 31 Pancreas transplantation 68 32
Islet transplantation 70 Liver transplantation 33 Causes of liver failure
72 34 Assessment for liver transplantation 74 35 Liver transplantation: the
operation 76 36 Complications of liver transplantation 78 Intestinal
transplantation 37 Intestinal failure and assessment 80 38 Intestinal
transplantation 82 Heart transplantation 39 Assessment for heart
transplantation 84 40 Heart transplantation: the operation 86 41
Complications of heart transplantation 88 Lung transplantation 42
Assessment for lung transplantation 90 43 Lung transplantation: the
operation 92 44 Complications of lung transplantation 94 Composite tissue
transplantation 45 Composite tissue transplantation 96 Xenotransplantation
46 Xenotransplantation 98 Index 100

Rezensionen

"This is one of the best reviews of transplantation I have had the pleasure of reading. With its thorough collection of topics and its illustrations, it is a definite must read for those who are starting their training or spending a limited amount of time on a transplant service." (Doody's, 19 April 2013)
This is a superbly produced small book with marvellous illustrations, and I am literally amazed how much information is presented in approximately 100 pages. The illustrations have been very carefully done and enhance the explanations in the text extremely well. The chapters range from a history of transplantation through organ donation and preservation; the immunology of organ transplantation; immunosuppression; complications of immunosuppression, and kidney, pancreas, liver, intestinal, and lung transplantations, finishing up with brief reviews of composite tissue transplantation and xenotransplantation.
This is the ideal book to give to nurses or residents rotating through a transplantation unit or to scientists working in tissue typing or microbiology and virology with an interest in transplantation. Obviously, for those who stay in the field, they will need more in-depth information from the larger texts, but as a starter book, I have seen nothing better than this extremely good presentation. Each transplantation unit should have half a dozen or so available for those I have referred to above. (Peter J. Morris , Transplantation journal, 2012)