The first basic overview of all aspects of transplantation with a clarity not to be found in more inaccessible textbooks. \\This brand new title provides a succinct overview of both the scientific and clinical principles of organ transplantation and the types of organ transplant, featuring highly-illustrated information covering core topics in transplantation including:\\Organ donors\Organ preservation\Assessment of transplant recipients\Indications for transplantation\Immunology of transplantation\Immunosuppression and its complications\Overviews of thoracic and abdominal organ transplantation, including the kidneys, liver, heart and lungs\\Transplantation at a Glance is the ideal introduction for medical students, junior doctors, surgical trainees, immunology students, pharmacists, and nurses on transplant wards.

Includes index.

Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1 History of transplantation -- Organ donors -- 2 Diagnosis of death and its physiology -- 3 Deceased organ donation -- 4 Live donor kidney transplantation -- 5 Live donor liver transplantation -- Organ preservation -- 6 Organ preservation -- Immunology of organ transplantation -- 7 Innate immunity -- 8 Adaptive immunity and antigen presentation -- 9 Humoral and cellular immunity -- Histocompatibility in transplantation -- 10 Tissue typing and HLA matching -- 11 Detecting HLA antibodies -- 12 Antibody-incompatible transplantation -- Organ allocation -- 13 Organ allocation -- Immunosuppression -- 14 Immunosuppression: induction vs maintenance -- 15 Biological agents -- 16 T cell-targeted immunosuppression -- Complications of immunosuppression -- 17 Side effects of immunosuppressive agents -- 18 Post-transplant infection -- 19 CMV infection -- 20 Post-transplant malignancy -- Kidney transplantation -- 21 End-stage renal failure -- 22 Complications of ESRF -- 23 Dialysis and its complications -- 24 Assessment for kidney transplantion -- 25 Kidney transplantation: the operation -- 26 Surgical complications of kidney transplantation -- 27 Delayed graft function 6 -- 28 Transplant rejection -- 29 Chronic renal allograft dysfunction -- Pancreas and islet transplantation -- 30 Transplantation for diabetes mellitus -- 31 Pancreas transplantation -- 32 Islet transplantation -- Liver transplantation -- 33 Causes of liver failure -- 34 Assessment for liver transplantation -- 35 Liver transplantation: the operation -- 36 Complications of liver transplantation -- Intestinal transplantation -- 37 Intestinal failure and assessment -- 38 Intestinal transplantation -- Heart transplantation -- 39 Assessment for heart transplantation -- 40 Heart transplantation: the operation -- 41 Complications of heart transplantation -- Lung transplantation -- 42 Assessment for lung transplantation -- 43 Lung transplantation: the operation -- 44 Complications of lung transplantation -- Composite tissue transplantation -- 45 Composite tissue transplantation -- Xenotransplantation -- 46 Xenotransplantation -- Index --