Handbook of Kidney Transplantation, 5th ed.

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腎臓移植患者を手がける内科医や外科医、看護師、その他の専門家に大好評の、腎臓移植の実践的なハンドブック、全面改訂第5版。図版を多用しながら簡潔に読みやすくまとめられており、各章では腎臓移植を取り巻く主要な問題や、短期および長期の患者ケアで起こる問題点へのもっとも有効なアプローチを概説する。
各章のトピックスとして、免疫生物学、免疫抑制、外科的治療、組織適合性、移植手術直後の三ヵ月間の予後などを取り上げる。新版には、末期腎不全患者に対するオプション、腎臓移植のための免疫抑制剤とプロトコル、移植直後の二ヵ月間の予後に関する最新情報を収載する。

Contents　
1: Options for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
2: Transplantation Immunobiology
3: Histocompatibility Testing, Crossmatching, and Immune Monitoring
4: The Science of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
5: Immunosuppressive Medications and Protocols for Kidney Transplantation
6: Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
7: Evaluation of Adult Kidney Transplant Candidates
8: The Transplant Operation and Its Surgical Complications
9: The "First Quarter:" The First Three Months After Transplant
10: Long-Term Posttransplant Management and Complications
11: Infections in Kidney Transplantation
12: Kidney Transplantation and Liver Disease
13: Diagnostic Imaging in Kidney Transplantation
14: Pathology of Kidney Transplantation
15: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the Diabetic Patient
16: Kidney Transplantation in Children
17: Psychiatric Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
18: Ethical and Policy Issues in Organ Transplantation
19: Nutrition in the Kidney Transplant Recipient
20: Psychosocial and Financial Aspects of Transplantation
Appendix:The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
Index