Organ Transplantation

Front Cover......Page 1
Inside Cover......Page 2
Copyright ©2003 Landes Bioscience......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 18
1 Immunologic Concepts......Page 20
2 Overview of Living and Deceased Organ Donors, Immunosuppression and Outcomes......Page 63
3 Organ Allocation in the United States......Page 85
4 Organ Procurement Organizations......Page 93
5 Procurement and Short-Term Preservation of Cadaveric Organs......Page 112
6 Kidney Transplantation......Page 126
7 Pancreas Transplantation......Page 173
8 Islet Transplantation......Page 202
9 Liver Transplantation......Page 224
10 Intestinal Transplantation......Page 263
11 Heart Transplantation......Page 280
12 Lung Transplantation......Page 299
13 A Pediatric Transplantation Part A: Heart Transplantation......Page 328
13 B Pediatric Transplantation Part B: Kidney Transplantation......Page 340
13 C Pediatric Transplantation Part C: Liver Transplantation......Page 352
13 D Pediatric Transplantation: Part D: Pediatric Lung Transplantation......Page 366
14 Anesthesia for Organ Transplantation......Page 374
15 Psychiatric Issues in Organ Transplantation......Page 397
16 Infections in Transplant Recipients......Page 418
17 Early Medical Problems Common to Many Recipients......Page 445
18 Late Complications of Transplantation......Page 456
19 Organ Transplantation Finance......Page 467
20 Regulatory and Fiscal Relationships between Transplant Centers and Transplant Surgeons/Physicians......Page 480
21 Pregnancy and Transplantation......Page 487
E1 Dominant Transplantation Tolerance......Page 498
E2 Antigen Receptor Revision as a Mechanism of Peripheral T Cell Tolerance......Page 508
E3 Essay 3: T Cell Autoreactivity by Design: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Tolerance, Autoimmunity and Transplant Rejection......Page 519
E4 Essay 4: Male Infertility in the Transplant Patient......Page 531
E5 Essay 5: Spontaneous and Transplanted Malignancy......Page 539
E6 Retransplantation of Vital Organs......Page 547
E7 Essay 7: Noncompliance with Immunosuppressive Regimens......Page 558
E8 Essay 8: Relationship between Acute and Chronic Rejection......Page 565
E9 Essay 9: Elective and Emergency Surgery in the Stable Transplant Recipient......Page 569
E10 Essay 10: Dental Issues before and after Organ Transplantation......Page 579
E11 Essay 11: The Living Organ Donor: Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy......Page 585
E12 Essay 12: Xenotransplantation......Page 592
Appendix I Antithymocyte Globulin (Equine)......Page 608
Index......Page 632
Back Cover......Page 637