Handbook Kidney Transplantation

1: Options for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Gabriel M. Danovitch 2: Transplantation Immunobiology Didier A. Mandelbrot and Mohamed H. Sayegh 3: Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, and Immune Monitoring J. Michael Cecka, Raja Rajalingam, Jennifer Zhang, and Elaine F. Reed 4: The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Kevin J. O'Connor, Francis L. DelMonico, H. Albin Gritsch, and Gabriel M. Danovitch 5: Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation Gabriel M. Danovitch 6: Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Thu Pham, John Leppert, and Peter Schulam 7: Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates Suphamai Bunnapradist and Gabriel M. Danovitch 8: The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications Jeffrey L. Veale, Jennifer S. Singer, and H. Albin Gritsch 9: The "First Quarter:" The First Three Months Post-Transplant Alan Wilkinson 10: Long-Term Posttransplant Management and Complications Alan Wilkinson and Bertram L. Kasiske 11: Infections in Kidney Transplantation David A. Pegues, Bernard M. Kubak, Cynthia L. Maree, and Aric L. Gregson 12: Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease Fabrizio Fabrizi, Suphamai Bunnapradist, and Paul Martin 13: Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation Allison L. Pearl, Nagesh Ragavendra, and Christiaan Schiepers 14: Pathology of Kidney Transplantation Cynthia C. Nast and Arthur H. Cohen 15: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the Diabetic Patient Gerald S. Lipshutz 16: Kidney Transplantation in Children Eileen W. Tsai, Pornpimol Rianthavorn, and Robert B. Ettenger 17: Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation Itai Danovitch 18: Ethical and Policy Issues in Organ Transplantation Jeffrey P. Kahn 19: Nutrition in the Kidney Transplant Recipient Susan Weil 20: Psychosocial and Financial Aspects of Transplantation Mara Hersh Rifkin