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Living Kidney Donation : A Practical Guide / [E-Book] - 1st ed. 2022. - VI, 261 p. 29 illus., 24 illus. in color. online resource.

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.

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 is relevant to nephrologists, transplant surgeons, and healthcare professionals working in renal transplantation.

ISBN: 9783031095207

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-09520-7 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internal medicine.
Surgery.
Anesthesiology.
Internal Medicine.
Surgery.
Anesthesiology.