Deceased donor transplantation : lessons to learn /: lessons to learn. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Georgi Abraham [and twelve others] ; editor, Georgi Abraham.
• Editors: Abraham, Georgi
• Other Names: Abraham, Georgi contributor.; Elsevier Clinical Advisory Board.
• Contents: Front Cover; Deceased Donor Transplantation: Lessons to Learn; Copyright Page; ECAB Clinical Update: Nephrology; Deceased Donor Transplantation: Lessons to Learn; Contributors; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Tamil Nadu Modelof Deceased Donor Transplantation; INTRODUCTION; NEED FOR A MODEL; DECEASED DONOR TRANSPLANTATION: THE TAMIL NADU EXPERIENCE; THE TAMIL NADU MODEL; SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY TAMIL NADU MODEL: DATA REVIEW; BRAIN DEATH AND MEDICO-LEGALISSUES IN THE DONATION; CONCLUSION; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 2. Immune Surveillance in Renal Transplantation. INTRODUCTIONIMMUNOLOGICAL RISK; HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN TYPING IN RENAL TRANSPLANT; ANTIBODIES OF SIGNIFICANCE IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN ANTIBODIES IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNE MONITORING AND OTHER BIOMARKERS; CONCLUSION; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 3. Deceased Donor Maintenance and Retrieval; INTRODUCTION; DECEASED DONOR MAINTENANCE, CONSENT, AND BRAIN DEATH CERTIFICATION; PREPARATION AND CHECKS BEFOREPROCEEDING FOR RETRIEVAL SURGERY; MAINTAINING BRAIN DEATH DONOR ININTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTI-ORGAN OR KIDNEYS-ALONE RETRIEVAL SURGERY; KEY SURGICAL STEPS. PERFUSION FLUIDS, BENCH DISSECTION, PACKING OF KIDNEY FOR SHARING AND TRANSPORTATIONDOCUMENTATION; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 4. Generic Immunosuppressive Agents in Kidney Transplantation; INTRODUCTION; GENERIC DRUGS; BIOEQUIVALENCE TESTING; SUBSTITUTING GENERIC IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS; THE ROLE OF THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING (TDM) IN USE OF GENERICS; GENERIC IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT EXPERIENCE; THE ISSUE OF BIOSIMILARS; CONCLUSION; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 5. Induction and Medical Management of Recipient; INTRODUCTION; TRANSPLANT TOLERANCE CONSIDERATIONS; INDUCTION THERAPY. MAINTENANCE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIONMEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF POSTTRANSPLANTATION COMPLICATIONS; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 6. Novel Therapeutic Pathways for Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Desensitization; INTRODUCTION; GROWING IMPORTANCE OF ANTIBODYMEDIATED REJECTION AND DESENSITIZATION; THERAPEUTIC PATHWAYS TO BLOCK THE HUMORAL RESPONSE; DESCRIPTION OF TRADITIONAL ANTIHUMORAL THERAPIES; USE OF TRADITIONAL ANTIHUMORALTHERAPIES FOR DESENSITIZATION; USE OF TRADITIONAL ANTIHUMORALTHERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION. Problems with traditional desensitization and antibody mediated rejectionproteasome inhibitors for antibody-mediated receptors; eculizumab for the treatment of antibody-mediated rejection; conclusion; acknowledgements; suggested reading.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.9/54; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc; Transplantation immunology; Donation of organs, tissues, etc; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Transplant; Donation of organs, tissues, etc; Transplantation immunology; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131239513; 8131239519
• Related ISBNs: 9788131233290
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 8, 2015).
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