Offering practical guidance for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of i ...view more
Offering practical guidance for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, many new to this edition, offers fresh perspectives on everything from applied science and surgical techniques to immunosuppressive methods, outcomes, risks, and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation, in both adults and children.
Offering practical guidance for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, many new to this edition, offers fresh perspectives on everything from applied science and surgical techniques to immunosuppressive methods, outcomes, risks, and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation, in both adults and children.
Key Features
Offers state-of-the-art coverage of all areas of kidney transplantation such as preservation of kidneys; mechanisms of rejection and the induction of tolerance; techniques of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy; and immunosuppression.
Contains up-to-date outcomes data and analysis of the evidence supporting current practice in the field.
Includes new information on desensitization and considerable new data on the clinical use of costimulation blockade.
Keeps you current with new chapters on kidney allocation policy that reflects the ethical and societal values of different countries and populations; and biomarkers of kidney injury and rejection, including the need for better monitoring tools to guide therapy and patient management.
Covers hot topics such as management of chronic allograft failure, the sensitized patient and antibody-mediated rejection, and paired exchange principles.
Features hundreds of superb illustrations to help you visualize key concepts and nuances of renal transplantation.
Provides dynamic visual guidance with new real-time video coverage of ultrasound-guided pancreas allograft biopsy; a new animation of calcineurin inhibitor mechanism of action animation; and videos that demonstrate the formation of an immune synapse, 3-D rotational images of immune synapses, an NK cell killing its target, peritoneal dialysis-catheter insertion techniques, laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) donor nephrectomy, and more.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Author Information
By Stuart J. Knechtle, MD, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Surgery; Executive Director, Duke Transplant Center, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Lorna P. Marson, MD, Senior Lecturer in Transplant Surgery, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Peter J Morris, MD, PhD, FRS, FRCS, Emeritus Nuffield Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford; Honorary Professor, University of London; Director, Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Royal College of Surgeons of England and London, UK
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https://www.mea.elsevierhealth.com/kidney-transplantation-principles-and-practice-9780323531863.html94284Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practicehttps://www.mea.elsevierhealth.com/media/catalog/product/9/7/9780323531863_1.jpg265.49294.99USDInStock/Medicine and Surgery/Surgery/Medicine and Surgery/Surgery/Transplantation/Books991899865255039<P>Offering <B>practical guidance for all members of the transplant team</B>, <I>Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition</I>, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of <B>internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, many new to this edition</B>, offers fresh perspectives on everything from applied science and surgical techniques to immunosuppressive methods, outcomes, risks, and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation, in both adults and children.</P> <P>Offering <B>practical guidance for all members of the transplant team</B>, <I>Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition</I>, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of <B>internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, many new to this edition</B>, offers fresh perspectives on everything from applied science and surgical techniques to immunosuppressive methods, outcomes, risks, and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation, in both adults and children.</P>USD00add-to-cart97803235318632019ProfessionalBy Stuart J. Knechtle, MD, Lorna P. Marson, MD and Peter J Morris, MD, PhD, FRS, FRCS20208Book216w x 276h (8.50" x 10.875")300 illustrations (300 in full color)Elsevier75216 Dec 2019IN STOCKBy <STRONG>Stuart J. Knechtle</STRONG>, MD, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Surgery; Executive Director, Duke Transplant Center, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; <STRONG>Lorna P. Marson</STRONG>, MD, Senior Lecturer in Transplant Surgery, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; <STRONG>Peter J Morris</STRONG>, MD, PhD, FRS, FRCS, Emeritus Nuffield Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford; Honorary Professor, University of London; Director, Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Royal College of Surgeons of England and London, UKBooksNoNoNoNoPlease SelectPlease SelectPlease Select
