Clinical Management of Renal Transplantation

Clinical Management of Renal Transplantation presents The Belfast City and University Hospital experience in renal transplantation. Over the years, the Belfast Renal Transplant Unit has acquired considerable experience in all aspects of renal transplantation which have led to excellent results. The team working in the Belfast Renal Transplant Unit has built up an outstanding reputation which has become widely known. This volume is a comprehensive, practical reference work for senior medical students and nurses as well as for the established nephrologist and transplantation surgeon. It provides a clear and concise picture of the care needed by patients who are being prepared for renal transplantation or who have recently received a kidney transplant.

Preface. 1. History of Renal Transplantation. 2.
Ethical Considerations. 3. Legal Aspects of Renal
Transplantation. 4. Assessment of the Patient before Renal
Transplantation. 5. Preparation for Transplantation 1. 6.
Preparation for Transplantation 2. 7. Preparation for
Transplantation 3. 8. Renal Osteodystrophy. 9. Tissue
Typing. 10. The Cadaveric Donor. 11. Retrieval and
Preservation of the Kidney. 12. The Living Donor. 13.
Insertion of the Kidney. 14. Management of the Recipient During
Operation. 15. Immunosuppression. 16. Nursing Care of the
Patient with a Renal Transplant. 17. Graft Dysfunction and its
Differential Diagnosis. 18. The Pathology of Renal
Transplantation. 19. Surgical Complications of Renal
Transplantation. 20. Early Medical Complications after Renal
Transplantation. 21. Radiological and Isotope Investigations
after Transplantation. 22. Management after discharge from
Hospital. 23. Rehabilitation after Renal Transplantation.
24. Reproduction after Renal Transplantation. 25. Results
of Renal Transplantation. Index.