Living kidney donation: a practical guide

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This book provides a guide to the principles and practice of living kidney donation. Concise and well-structured chapters discuss the ethics of living kidney donation, medical evaluation of kidney donors, donor nephrectomy surgery, and long-term outcomes of transplantation, along with broader medical issues related to cardiology, surgery, and anesthesia. Living Kidney Donation: A Practical Guide aims to give readers the essential information required for undertaking living kidney donation and i…

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Full title :Living kidney donation : a practical guide / Adnan Sharif, Graham Lipkin, editors.

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Publication Date:©2022

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (vi, 261 pages) : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783031095207, 3031095200
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-09520-7
oclc:on1350794448
LC Classification:RD575
Dewey Decimal:617.4/610592

1. Introduction -- 2. Living donor activity -- 3. Ethics of living kidney donation -- 4. Regulatory governance of living kidney donation -- 5. Novel use of living kidney donors -- 6. Barriers to living kidney donation -- 7. Medical evaluation of potential living kidney donors -- 8. Surgical assessment of potential living kidney donors -- 9. High-risk living kidney donors -- 10. Contra-indications to living kidney donation -- 11. Donor nephrectomy surgery -- 12. Peri- and post-operative care of living kidney donors -- 13. Post-donation haemodynamic consequences -- 14. Long-term outcomes -- 15. Strategies to increase living kidney donation -- 16. Summary and concluding chapter.