Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients

1. Ten Things Not to Do
Dianne B. McKay, Steven M. Steinberg

2. The Transplant Procedure: Surgical Techniques and Complications
Barry J. Browne

3. What Is Transplant Immunology and Why Are Allografts Rejected?
Dianne B. McKay, Ken Park, David Perkins

4. What Is Histocompatibility Testing and How Is It Done?
Edgar L. Milford, Indira Guleria

5. Kidney Allocation: Role of UNOS and OPOs
Patricia L. Adams, Walter K. Graham, Susan Gunderson

6. Live Donors: How to Optimally Protect the Donor
Robert Steiner

7. Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Essentials for the Nephrologist
Arturo Martinez

8. New Sources in Living Kidney Donation
Ruthanne L. Hanto, Alvin E. Roth, M. Utku Ünver, Francis L. Delmonico

9. What Are Immunosuppressive Medications? How Do They Work? What Are Their Side Effects?
Peter Chung-Wen Chang, Donald E. Hricik

10. Optimizing Immunosuppression
Alexander C. Wiseman, James E. Cooper

11. Evaluation of Renal Allograft Dysfunction
Robert S. Gaston

12. The Kidney Transplant Biopsy
Jose R. Torrealba, Milagros D. Samaniego

13. Evaluation of the Kidney Transplant Candidate and Follow-Up of the Listed Patient
Roy D. Bloom, Alden M. Doyle

14. The Acute Care of the Transplant Recipient
Phuong-Thu T. Pham, Phuong-Chi T. Pham, Gabriel M. Danovitch

15. Post-transplant Cardiovascular Disease
Phuong-Anh T. Pham, Carmen Slavov, Phuong-Thu T. Pham, Alan H. Wilkinson

16. Diabetes Mellitus and Transplantation: Risks for Post-transplant Diabetes
Phuong-Thu T. Pham, Phuong-Mai T. Pham, Alan H. Wilkinson

17. Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Carlos A.Q. Santos, Daniel C. Brennan

18. Malignancies Before and After Transplantation
Mary B. Prendergast, Roslyn B. Mannon

19. Bone Disease in Renal Transplantation
Bradford Lee West, Stuart M. Sprague, Michelle A. Josephson

20. Sexuality and Pregnancy Before and After Kidney Transplantation
Martha Pavlakis, Dianne B. McKay

21. Socioeconomic Issues and the Transplant Recipient
Mary Beth Callahan, Connie L. Davis

22. Adherence to the Immunosuppressive Regimen in Adult and Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
Fabienne Dobbels, Richard N. Fine

23. Transitioning Between Pediatric and Adult Clinics
Elizabeth Ingulli

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Nephrology, Transplant Surgery, Internal Medicine