Primer on transplantation / edited by Donald Hricik.

Rev. ed. of: Primer on transplantation / editors, Douglas J. Norman, Laurence A. Turka. 2nd. ed. c2001.

Immunology of transplantation Qiquan Sun and Jason M Zimmerer and Gregg A Hadley Pharmacology of transplantation Ian AC Route and James M Neuberger Medical management of the deceased donor in solid organ transplantation John McCartney and Kenneth E Wood Infectious diseases in transplantation Robin K Avery and Jay A Fishman Management of the successful solid organ transplant recipient Elizabeth A Kendrick and Connie L Davis Pediatric transplantation William Harmon Kidney and pancreas transplantation Joshua J Augustine and Kenneth A Bodziak and Apama Fadiyar and James A Schulak and Donald E Hricik Heart transplantation Maryl R Johnson and Walter G Kao and Elaine M Winkel and Joseph L Bobadilla and Takushi Kohmoto and Niloo M Edwards Lung transplantation Jonathan E Spahr and Keith C Meyer Liver transplantation Kimberly A Brown and Mary Ann Huang and Marwan Kazimi and Dilip Moonka

"This editition of the Textbook of Transplantation represents just one of the American Society for Transplantation (AST's) many educational initiatives targeted to the next generation of transplant professionals. In addition to organ-specific chapters (kidney, pancreas, heart, lung and liver), this book includes generic chapters that should be of interest to all readers, irrespective of their organ-specific speciality. These include chapters on immunibiology, pharmacology, donor management, infectious complications, pediatric transplantation, and general principles of patient management. New features of this edition include clinical vignettes, "key point" boxes to emphasize major teaching points, and self-assesment multiple choice questions for each chapter"--Provided by publisher.