Transplantation at a glance

Content: 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