Living Kidney Donation  A Practical Guide /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Adnan Sharif, Graham Lipkin. 
 - 1st ed. 2022. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783031095207 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-031-09520-7  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Internal medicine.<br/>Surgery.<br/>Anesthesiology.<br/>Internal Medicine.<br/>Surgery.<br/>Anesthesiology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Kidney Transplantation -- methods Living Donors Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WJ 368