Lung Transplantation.

Lung Transplantation.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the lung transplantation process covering everything from the history of the lung transplant program to the long term effects of the procedure.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vigneswaran, Wickii
Other Authors: Garrity, Edward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Informa Healthcare, 2010.
Series:Lung Biology in Health and Disease, 243.
Subjects:
Lungs > Transplantation.
Lungs > Transplantation
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. The history of Lung Transplantation; Chapter 2. Immunology of Lung Transplantation; Chapter 3. Ethics in Lung Transplantation; Chapter 4. Structure and Support for Success; Chapter 5. Lung Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Chapter 6. Emphysema and a-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency; Chapter 7. Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis; Chapter 8. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Chapter 9. Connective Tissue Disorders; Chapter 10. Patient Selection; Chapter 11. Recipient Management and Pretransplant; Chapter 12. Lung Donor Allocation Systems
  • Chapter 13. Donor ManagementChapter 14. Lung Donor Selection Criteria; Chapter 15. Non-Heart-Beating Donor: Lung Transplantation with Donation After Cardiac Death (Controlled DCD) allografts; Chapter 16. Preservation of the Donor Lung; Chapter 17. Donor Procurement; Chapter 18. Ex Vivo Management of Lungs; Chapter 19. Assessment and Management of the Sensitized Patient; Chapter 20. Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation; Chapter 21. Single-Lung Transplantation; Chapter 22. Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation: Technical Aspects; Chapter 23. Heart-Lung Transplantation
  • Chapter 24. Lobar Lung TransplantationChapter 25. Critical Care Management; Chapter 26. Primary Graft Dysfunction; Chapter 27. Managing Surgical Complications; Chapter 28. ECMO in Lung Transplantation; Chapter 29. Maintenance Immunosuppression in Lung Transplantation; Chapter 30. Fungal INfections in Lung Transplant; Chapter 31. Viral Infections; Chapter 32. Bacterial Infections After Lung Transplantation; Chapter 33. Post-Transplant Lung Pathology; Chapter 34. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome: Clinical Risk Factors and Pathophysiology
  • Chapter 35. Bronchiolitis Obliterans: Diagnosis and ManagementChapter 36. Malignancy Following Transplantation; Chapter 37. Lung Transplantation: Chronic Complications and Management; Chapter 38. Quality of Life After Lung Transplantation; Chapter 39. Proteomics, Genomics, and Lung Transplantation; Chapter 40. Immune Tolerance; Chapter 41. Augmentation of Maintenance Immunosuppresssion in Lung Transplantation; Chapter 42. Artificial Lung: A New Inspiration; Index; Color Insert; Back Cover

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