Kidney Transplantation: Practical Guide to Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Graft and Patient Survival....Pages 3-21
Immunological Assessment of the Transplant Patient....Pages 23-34
Recipient Evaluation....Pages 35-40
Wait List Management....Pages 41-47
Approach to the Highly Sensitized Patient....Pages 49-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Simultaneous Paired Kidney Exchange....Pages 63-68
Ethical Issues and Transplant Tourism....Pages 69-74
Live Donor Transplantation....Pages 75-84
Extended Criteria Donors in Renal Transplantation....Pages 85-91
Preoperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management....Pages 93-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Surgical Issues in the Transplant Recipient....Pages 113-125
Mechanisms of Immunosuppressive Drugs....Pages 127-141
Delayed Graft Function and Kidney Transplantation....Pages 143-151
Evaluation and Initial Management of Graft Dysfunction....Pages 153-158
Recurrent and De Novo Diseases After Renal Transplantation....Pages 159-172
Psychosocial Issues in Renal Transplantation....Pages 173-181
Risks of Pregnancy in Renal Transplant Recipients....Pages 183-188
The Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients....Pages 189-198
Dyslipidemia After Kidney Transplantation....Pages 199-204
Hypertension in the Kidney Transplant Recipient....Pages 205-224
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Evaluation and Management of Transplant-Associated Hyperglycemia....Pages 225-234
Hematologic Complications of Transplantation....Pages 235-245
Liver Disease in Renal Transplant Recipients....Pages 247-255
Management of Transplantation Renal Bone Disease: Interplay of Bone Mineral Density and Decisions Regarding Bisphosphonate Use....Pages 257-267
Malignancies After Transplantation and Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder....Pages 269-280
Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation....Pages 281-300
Prevention and Management of Infectious Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients....Pages 301-318
Human Polyomavirus (HPyV) and Organ Transplantation....Pages 319-333
Post-transplant Proteinuria: Differential Diagnosis and Management....Pages 335-340
Urologic Issues in the Renal Transplant Patient....Pages 341-353
Practical Renal Allograft Pathology....Pages 355-375
Imaging of the Renal Transplant Recipient....Pages 377-400
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation....Pages 401-410
Drug Interactions in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 411-425
Back Matter....Pages 427-438