Primer on Transplantation

American Society of Transplantation

3. Auflage Februar 2011
318 Seiten, Hardcover
Praktikerbuch
Hricik, Donald (Herausgeber)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-4267-0

John Wiley & Sons

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Produced in association with the American Society of Transplantation, this new edition is full of practical advice for the next generation of transplant professionals.

In addition to 5 organ-specific chapters: kidney, pancreas, heart, lung and liver, the book includes essential information on:
* immunobiology
* pharmacology
* donor management
* infectious complications
* pediatric transplantation
* general principles of patient management

Fully updated and redesigned to make it even more user-friendly, the book now contains clinical vignettes, key point boxes, and self-assessment multiple choice questions in each chapter.

Primer on Transplantation, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for all health professionals in the transplant team including trainees, residents, fellows, physicians, surgeons, nurses and transplant co-ordinators.

Purchasing this book entitles you to access to the companion website:

www.astprimer.com

The website includes:
* Interactive Multiple-Choice Questions for each chapter
* Figures from the book as Powerpoints for downloading
* All chapters online

Preface.

Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

1 Immunology of transplantation (Qiquan Sun, Jason M Zimmerer, and Gregg A Hadley).

2 Pharmacology of transplantation (Ian AC Rowe and James M Neuberger).

3 Medical management of the deceased donor in solid organ transplantation (John McCartney and Kenneth E Wood).

4 Infectious diseases in transplantation (Robin K Avery and Jay A Fishman).

5 Management of the successful solid organ transplant recipient (Elizabeth A Kendrick and Connie L Davis).

6 Pediatric transplantation (William Harmon).

7 Kidney and pancreas transplantation (Joshua J Augustine, Kenneth A Bodziak, Aparna Padiyar, James A Schulak, and Donald E Hricik).

8 Heart transplantation (Maryl R Johnson, Walter G Kao, Elaine M Winkel, Joseph L Bobadilla, Takushi Kohmoto, and Niloo M Edwards).

9 Lung transplantation (Jonathan E Spahr and Keith C Meyer).

10 Liver transplantation (Kimberly A Brown, Mary Ann Huang, Marwan Kazimi, and Dilip Moonka).

Multiple choice questions.

Answers to multiple choice questions.

Index.

"This book strives to introduce a broad audience to the critical issues in solid organ transplantation. A book providing such an overview to people with a basic medical background is valuable to the educational mission of the American Society of Transplantation." (Doody's, 16 September 2011)

Michael Lucey has been appointed by the society as the Editor of the American Society of Transplantation Self-Assessment Program. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and after general medicine training in Dublin, completed fellowhips in gastroenterology and hepatology at St Bartholomews Hospital, London, the Liver Unit at King's College Hospital, London and the University of Michigan. He has been Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Programs at the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania. In 2001, he became Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Wisconsin. He was President of the American Society of Transplantation in 2003-4.