| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Living donor activity -- 3. Ethics of living kidney donation -- 4. Regulatory governance of living kidney donation -- 5. Novel use of living kidney donors -- 6. Barriers to living kidney donation -- 7. Medical evaluation of potential living kidney donors -- 8. Surgical assessment of potential living kidney donors -- 9. High-risk living kidney donors -- 10. Contra-indications to living kidney donation -- 11. Donor nephrectomy surgery -- 12. Peri- and post-operative care of living kidney donors -- 13. Post-donation haemodynamic consequences -- 14. Long-term outcomes -- 15. Strategies to increase living kidney donation -- 16. Summary and concluding chapter |
| Summary |
This book provides a guide to the principles and practice of living kidney donation. Concise and well-structured chapters discuss the ethics of living kidney donation, medical evaluation of kidney donors, donor nephrectomy surgery, and long-term outcomes of transplantation, along with broader medical issues related to cardiology, surgery, and anesthesia. Living Kidney Donation: A Practical Guide aims to give readers the essential information required for undertaking living kidney donation and is relevant to nephrologists, transplant surgeons, and healthcare professionals working in renal transplantation |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Kidneys -- Transplantation.
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Organ donors -- Care
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Kidney Transplantation
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Kidneys -- Transplantation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sharif, Adnan, editor
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Lipkin, Graham, editor
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| ISBN |
9783031095207 |
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3031095200 |
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