| ISBN13: | 9781032559391 |
| ISBN10: | 103255939X |
| Kötéstípus: | Puhakötés |
| Terjedelem: | 206 oldal |
| Méret: | 234x156 mm |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| Illusztrációk: | 5 Illustrations, black & white; 18 Illustrations, color; 2 Halftones, black & white; 7 Halftones, color; 3 Line drawings, black & white; 11 Line drawings, color; 15 Tables, black & white |
| 700 |
Essentials of Lung Transplantation
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Lung transplantation (LTx) is a life-saving treatment for people with very severe end-stage lung diseases. It educates healthcare professionals involved in the care of LTx patients by explaining the general post-transplant journey, addressing typical post-transplant complications, and providing examples of real-life cases.
Lung transplantation (LTx) is a life-saving treatment for people with severe end-stage lung disease. This concise, well-illustrated practical handbook provides a comprehensive overview of pre-, peri-, and post-transplant care addressing the complexity of lung transplantation, general follow-up, and common post-transplant complications. Simple, to-the-point short topics will answer potential questions by LTx trainees, fellows, and consultants; educating healthcare professionals involved in the care of LTx patients explaining the post-transplant journey along with examples of real-life cases.
Key Features
- Presents answers to common clinical questions during the post-transplant journey of a lung transplant recipient
- Shares practical/pragmatic approaches to diagnostic and management issues seen in the lung transplant population for clinicians from both within and external to transplant centres internationally, to gain practical experience
- Summarises the clinical aspects of LTx, with easy-to-navigate short text blocks, bullet points, and illustrations
1. Lung transplantation. 1.1 Lung transplantation: where are we today? 1.2 Ethical considerations regarding lung transplantation. 2. Pre-transplant. 2.1 Indications for lung transplantation. 2.2 How to select a good recipient? 2.3 A patient on the waiting list: how to manage and when to transplant. 2.4 How are organs allocated? 2.5 How to select a good donor? 3. Peri-transplant. 3.1 Type of lung transplantation. 3.2 Type of procedure. 3.3 ECMO, cardiopulmonary bypass and off-pump. 3.4 What is ischaemia time? 3.5 Should we use ex vivo lung perfusion? 3.6 To induce or not? 4. Post-transplant medication and follow-up. 4.1 Maintenance immunosuppression. 4.2 Prophylaxis. 4.3 What to expect after lung transplantation?. 4.4 General follow-up post-transplant. 4.5 Surgery in lung transplant patients. 4.6 Pregnancy and lung transplantation. 4.7 Medication interactions. 5. General post-operative complications and primary graft dysfunction . 5.1Pleural complications. 5.2 Ischaemic airway complications and fistulas. 5.3 Other post-operative complications. 5.4 Primary graft dysfunction (PGD). 6. Post-transplant complications: rejection. 6.1 Introduction acute and chronic rejection. 6.2 Hyperacute rejection: does it still exist?.6.3 Acute cellular rejection (ACR). 6.4 Donor specific antibodies (DSA): what and how to interpret?6.5 Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). 6.6 Chronic rejection: chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). 6.7 Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). 6.8 Restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS). 6.9 Biomarkers and future therapies. 7. Other common post-transplant complications. 7.1 Infections. 7.2 Malignancies. 7.3 Kidney dysfunction. 7.4Metabolic complications and cardiovascular disease. 7.5 Reflux and other gastrointestinal issues: why it matters. 7.6 PRES: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. 8. Clinical cases. 1.3Clinical case: early post-operative evolution. 1.4 Clinical case: ACR, infection and CLAD . 1.5Clinical case: CMV infection. 1.6 Clinical case: PTLD
