Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation

With more than 100,000 renal transplant patients currently surviving in the US, it is proving to be a highly cost-effective alternative to long-term dialysis. This book is a clinically-focused and authoritative guide to the management of renal transplantation.

Though kidney transplantation is considered a routine procedure, there are still significant challenges in post-transplant management. Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation is a clinically focused authoritative guide to the management of kidney transplantation.  This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference summarizes the recent changes in the field of transplantation, offering the complete range of up-to-date information on all the various aspects of basic immunobiology and the medical care of the transplant recipient.  Written by a team of renowned authorities in renal transplantation, this concise resource is intended for both the nephrologist and the non-specialist with an interest in kidney transplantation.

Transplantation Immunobiology.- Basic Histocompatibility Testing Methods.- Medical Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor.- Evaluation of Renal Transplant Candidates.- Surgical Management of the Renal Transplant Recipient.- Overview of Immunosuppressive Therapies in Renal Transplantation.- Allograft Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Management.- Approach to Medical Complications after Kidney Transplantation.- Infectious Complications in Renal Transplant Recipients.- Recurrent and De-Novo Glomerulonephritis after Kidney Transplantation.