Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice

1 - Kidney Transplantation: A History......Page 14
2 - The Immunology of Transplantation......Page 22
3 - Chronic Kidney Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy......Page 49
4 - The Recipient of a Renal Transplant......Page 64
5 - Access for Renal Replacement Therapy......Page 82
6 - Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Donor Criteria and Care of Deceased Donor......Page 103
7 - Medical Evaluation of the Living Donor......Page 117
8 - Donor Nephrectomy......Page 128
9 - Kidney Preservation......Page 141
10 - Histocompatibility in Renal Transplantation......Page 152
11 - Surgical Techniques of Kidney Transplantation......Page 170
12 - Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder......Page 186
13 - Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation......Page 197
14 - Early Course of the Patient With a Kidney Transplant......Page 211
15 - Azathioprine and Mycophenolates......Page 225
16 - Steroids......Page 244
17 - Calcineurin Inhibitors......Page 255
18 - mTOR Inhibitors: Sirolimus and Everolimus......Page 274
19 - Antilymphocyte Globulin, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Fusion Proteins......Page 296
20 - Other Forms of Immunosuppression......Page 326
21 - Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance......Page 346
22 - Transplantation in the Sensitized Recipient and Across ABO Blood Groups......Page 368
23 - Paired Exchange Programs for Living Donors......Page 380
24 - Kidney Allocation......Page 384
25 - Pathology of Kidney Transplantation......Page 392
26 - Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and Rejection......Page 431
27 - Chronic Allograft Failure......Page 447
28 - Vascular and Lymphatic Complications After Kidney Transplantation......Page 471
29 - Urologic Complications After Kidney Transplantation......Page 500
30 - Cardiovascular Disease in Renal Transplantation......Page 509
31 - Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients......Page 530
32 - Liver Disease Among Renal Transplant Recipients......Page 552
33 - Neurologic Complications after Kidney Transplantation......Page 579
34 - Cutaneous Disease in Kidney Transplantation Patients......Page 591
35 - Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients......Page 604
36 - Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy......Page 621
37 - Kidney Transplantation in Children......Page 646
38 - Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries......Page 683
39 - Results of Renal Transplantation......Page 697
40 - Psychosocial Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation......Page 722
41 - Ethical and Legal Aspects of Kidney Donation......Page 737
42 - Evidence in Transplantation......Page 750
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