Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides clinicians with the most recent developments in anaesthesia for transplant surgery. Beginning with the history and ethics of the procedure, the following chapters discuss anaesthetic techniques for transplant surgery of different organs in the body.
The importance of history taking, thorough clinical examination, invention of the artificial respirator and controversies surrounding brain death, are discussed in depth.
This useful manual includes more than 110 clinical photographs and illustrations to enhance learning.
Key points
- Provides clinicians with recent developments in anaesthesia for transplant surgery
- Covers techniques for transplant surgery of different organs in body
- Emphasis on importance of history taking and thorough clinical examination
- Includes more than 110 clinical photographs and illustrations
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 History of Transplantation
- Chapter 2 Ethics in Human Organ Transplantation
- Chapter 3 Brain Death
- Chapter 4 Deceased Organ Donations
- Chapter 5 Immunology and Immunosuppressants in Transplantation
- Chapter 6 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Transplant Surgery
- Chapter 7 Kidney Transplantation
- Chapter 9 Anesthetic Management of a Transplanted (Renal and Cardiac) Patient for
- Non-transplant Surgery
- Chapter 10 Anesthetic Considerations for Non-transplant Surgery in the Post-liver Transplant Patients
- Chapter 11 Pregnancy in a Transplanted Patient
- Chapter 12 Anesthesia for Bone Marrow (Stem Cell) Transplantation
- Chapter 13 Corneal Transplantation
- Chapter 14 Perioperative Management of Heart Transplantation
- Chapter 15 Heart Transplant: Overview
- Chapter 16 Lung Transplantation
- Chapter 17 Xenotransplantation
- Chapter 18 Anesthesia for Intestinal Transplantation
- Chapter 19 Anesthesia for Pancreas Transplantation
