Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Understanding the Complexities of Kidney Transplantation

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Academic Editor

Jorge Ortiz
Jorge Ortiz

Erie County Medical Center,
United States of America

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Jason Andre
Jason Andre

Albert Einstein Medical Center,
United States of America

Published06 September 2011

Doi10.5772/940

ISBN978-953-307-819-9

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6701-3

Copyright year2011

Number of pages576

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

6. Cardiovascular Diseases in Kidney Transplantation

By Roberto Marcén and Sara Jiménez

2,278
7. Obesity and Kidney Transplantation

By Alex Chang, Susan Hou and Holly Kramer

4,097
8. The Impact of Donor Type and Quality on Renal Transplant Outcomes

By Hung Do Nguyen, Kenneth Yong, Rebecca Croke and Wai H Lim

2,992
1
9. Donor Quality Scoring Systems and Early Renal Function Measurements in Kidney Transplantation

By Quirino Lai, Francesco Nudo, Vincenzo Morabito, Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri, Fabio Melandro, Lucia Parlati, Nicola Guglielmo, Marco Di Laudo, Manuela Garofalo, Luca Poli, Renzo Pretagostini and Pasquale B Berloco

5,635
2
10. Donor Characteristics in 1,000 Consecutive Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplants

By Hans W. Sollinger, Jon S. Odorico, Glen E. Leverson, Barbara J. Voss and Anthony M. D’Alessandro

1,931
5,141
13. Anaesthesia for Kidney Transplantation

By Yasser Haggag and Imran Ahmad

5,983
15. ABO-incompatible Kidney Transplantation

By Mina Hur, Hee-Won Moon and Seog-Woon Kwon

7,504
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16. Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation

By Cláudia Fagundes and Mónica Guevara

4,761
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1,979
18. Combined Kidney-Islet Transplantation

By Giuseppe Cavallari, Flavia Neri and Bruno Nardo

2,154
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19. Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation

By Farzad Kakaei and Saman Nikeghbalian

4,495
21. Desensitization and Induction Immunosuppressive Therapy in Highly HLA-Sensitized Patients Receiving Cadaveric Renal Allograft)

By Juana Margarita Rufino Hernández, José Manuel González-Posada Delgado and Domingo Hernández Marrero

3,270
8,847
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3,517
25. Surgical Complications of Renal Transplantation

By Marcelo Ferreira Cassini, Murilo Ferreira de Andrade and Silvio Tucci Junior

8,332
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26. Vascular Complications in Kidney Transplantation

By Alexandros Giakoustidis, Nikolaos Antoniadis and Dimitrios Giakoustidis

3,825
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