The Multi-organ Donor
Selection and Management
Published on 4. December 1997
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-86542-395-4 (ISBN)
Description
Although the number of organ transplants performed in the United States reached an all-time high in 1995, the number of organ donors has not increased since the late 1980s. It has become essential that all transplant surgeons and
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
65
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Weight
1177 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86542-395-4 (9780865423954)
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Content
Contributors; Foreword; Part I: Organ Procurement: Organization and General Principles in Donor Management:; 1. Introduction: The Organ Donor Dilemma: Assessing the Need for Organ Donors and Methods to Increase the Supply; 2A. Transplant Administration and Organization; 2B. The Role of the Organ Procurement Organization in Transplantation; 3. Multi-Organ Procurement for Transplantation: Ethical and Religious Issues; 4. Legal Aspects of Consent for Organ Donation; 5. Brain Death in Adults; 6. Management of the Multi-Organ Donor; 7. Current Status of Organ Preservation; 8. Overview of Donor Management and Management Algorithms; Part II: Selection and Management of Individual Donor Organs:; 9A: Cadaveric Renal Transplantation: Donor Selection and Management; 9B: The Living Kidney Donor; 10. Pancreas Transplantation; 11. Donor Procurement for Intestinal Transplantation; 12A: Liver; 12B: The Living Liver Donor; 13. The Heart Donor; 14A: Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation; 14B: The Living-Related Donor: Lobar Lung Transplantation; 15. Musculoskeletal Tissue Transplantation; Index