Table of Contents
1 Ten Things Not to Do Dianne B. McKay Steven M. Steinberg 1
2 The Transplant Procedure: Surgical Techniques and Complications Barry J. Browne 15
3 What Is Transplant Immunology and Why Are Allografts Rejected? Dianne B. McKay Ken Park David Perkins 25
4 What Is Histocompatibility Testing and How Is It Done? Edgar L. Milford Indira Guleria 41
5 Kidney Allocation: Role of UNOS and OPOs Patricia L. Adams Walter K. Graham Susan Gunderson 57
6 Live Donors: How to Optimally Protect the Donor Robert Steiner 73
7 Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Essentials for the Nephrologist Arturo Martinez 95
8 New Sources in Living Kidney Donation Ruthanne L. Hanto Alvin E. Roth M. Utku Ünver Francis L. Delmonico 103
9 What are Immunosuppressive Medications? How Do They Work? What are Their Side Effects? Peter Chung-Wen Chang Donald E. Hricik 119
10 Optimizing Immunosuppression Alexander C. Wiseman James E. Cooper 137
11 Evaluation of Renal Allograft Dysfunction Robert S. Gaston 153
12 The Kidney Transplant Biopsy Jose R. Torrealba Milagros D. Samaniego 169
13 Evaluation of the Kidney Transplant Candidate and Follow-Up of the Listed Patient Roy D. Bloom Alden M. Doyle 191
14 The Acute Care of the Transplant Recipient Phuong-Thu T. Pham Phuong-Chi T. Pham Gabriel M. Danovitch 207
15 Post-transplant Cardiovascular Disease Phuong-Anh T. Pham Carmen Slavov Phuong-Thu T. Pham Alan H. Wilkinson 237
16 Diabetes Mellitus and Transplantation: Risks for Post-transplant Diabetes Phuong-Thu T. Pham Phuong-Mai T. Pham Alan H. Wilkinson 255
17 Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Carlos A.Q. Santos Daniel C. Brennan 277
18 Malignancies Before and After Transplantation Mary B. Prendergast Roslyn B. Mannon 311
19 Bone Disease in Renal Transplantation Bradford Lee West Stuart M. Sprague Michelle A. Josephson 327
20 Sexuality and Pregnancy Before and After Kidney Transplantation Martha Pavlakis Dianne B. McKay 343
21 Socioeconomic Issues and the Transplant Recipient Mary Beth Callahan Connie L. Davis 355
22 Adherence to the Immunosuppressive Regimen in Adult and Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients Fabienne Dobbels Richard N. Fine 371
23 Transitioning Between Pediatric and Adult Clinics Elizabeth Ingulli 383
Index 395
