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Kidney Transplant Management : A Guide to Evaluation and Comorbidities / edited by Sandesh Parajuli, Fahad Aziz.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medicine (Springer-11650)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nephrology.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transplant Surgery.
- Local Subjects:
- Nephrology.
- Transplant Surgery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XII, 201 pages) : 20 illustrations, 16 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2019.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This concise book provides an overview of the essential aspects of transplant nephrology. Chapters cover patient evaluation, treatment options, complications and post kidney transplant approaches to various common chronic diseases. The importance of proper immunosuppressants adjustment to improve the graft half-life and overall patient quality of life are also highlighted. Up to date and practical, this book gives nephrologists and providers that treat kidney transplant patients a succinct resource on management.
- Contents:
- Introduction to Kidney Transplantation
- End Stage Renal Disease - Treatment options: Dialysis vs Transplant
- Pre kidney transplant evaluation
- Kidney transplant-Immunosuppression and Rejection
- Post kidney transplant immediate complications: delayed graft function and wound
- Post kidney transplant: Cardiovascular complications
- Post kidney transplant: Infectious complication
- Post kidney transplant: Malignancies
- Post kidney transplant: Hypertension
- Post kidney transplant: Diabetes
- Post kidney transplant: Obesity
- Post kidney transplant: Hematological complications
- Post kidney transplant: Bone Mineral Disease
- Transplant and Pregnancy.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-00132-2
- 9783030001322
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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