Donald Hricik 
Primer on Transplantation 

Produced in association with the American Society of
Transplantation, this new edition is full of practical advice for
the next generation of transplant professionals.

In addition to 5 organ-specific chapters: kidney, pancreas,
heart, lung and liver, the book includes essential information
on:

* immunobiology

* pharmacology

* donor management

* infectious complications

* pediatric transplantation

* general principles of patient management

Fully updated and redesigned to make it even more user-friendly,
the book now contains clinical vignettes, key point boxes, and
self-assessment multiple choice questions in each chapter.

Primer on Transplantation, Third Edition is an invaluable
resource for all health professionals in the transplant team
including trainees, residents, fellows, physicians, surgeons,
nurses and transplant co-ordinators.

Purchasing this book entitles you to access to the companion
website:

href=’http://www.astprimer.com/’>www.astprimer.com

The website includes:

* Interactive Multiple-Choice Questions for each chapter

* Figures from the book as Powerpoints for downloading

* All chapters online

Table of Content

Preface vi

Contributors vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Immunology of transplantation, 1
Qiquan Sun, Jason M Zimmerer, and Gregg A Hadley

2 Pharmacology of transplantation, 18
Ian AC Rowe and James M Neuberger

3 Medical management of the deceased donor in solid organ transplantation, 35
John Mc Cartney and Kenneth E Wood

4 Infectious diseases in transplantation, 51
Robin K Avery and Jay A Fishman

5 Management of the successful solid organ transplant recipient, 73
Elizabeth A Kendrick and Connie L Davis

6 Pediatric transplantation, 103
William Harmon

7 Kidney and pancreas transplantation, 129
Joshua J Augustine, Kenneth A Bodziak, Aparna Padiyar, James A Schulak, and Donald E Hricik

8 Heart transplantation, 171
Maryl R Johnson, Walter G Kao, Elaine M Winkel, Joseph L Bobadilla, Takushi Kohmoto, and Niloo M Edwards

9 Lung transplantation, 205
Jonathan E Spahr and Keith C Meyer

10 Liver transplantation, 238
Kimberly A Brown, Mary Ann Huang, Marwan Kazimi, and Dilip Moonka

Multiple choice questions, 274

Answers to multiple choice questions, 291

Index 295

About the author

Donald Hricik; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, Cleveland, USA.