Overview
- Provides an overview of the current status of lung transplantation
- Presents general principles, indications, and approach to and complications of lung transplantation
- Offers medical and surgical guidelines for lung transplantation
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This book details all aspects of lung transplantation and equips the general pulmonologist/physician with the necessary tools and knowledge to assist patients with the preparation for and care post lung transplantation. Written by global experts, chapters present general principles and history; indications and eligibility for lung transplantation, including screening for COPD, cystic fibrosis, scleroderma, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; approach to and complications of lung transplantation, such as prognostic markers, radiological approach, and immunology and rejection; and medical and surgical guidelines for lung transplantation. The goal of lung transplantation is to increase survival and to provide a greater quality of life for patients with untreatable end-stage lung disease and this book serves to best prepare clinicians in achieving that goal. Lung Transplantation: Evolving knowledge and New horizons offersvaluable insights into this modality and is an authoritative resource for multidisciplinary services that include experts in pulmonary diseases, critical care, cardiology, thoracic surgery, infection diseases, internal medicine, radiology , immunology, nephrology, rehabilitation, psychology /psychiatry, nurses, social workers and nutritionists.
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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General Principles and Considerations for Lung Transplantation
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The Donor Lung and the Lung Transplant Recipient
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The Lung Transplant Recipient: Medical Management
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ganesh Raghu, MD, FCCP, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep MedicineUniversity of Washington
Seattle, WA, USADirector
Center for Interstitial Lung Disease; ILD, Sarcoid and Pulmonary Fibrosis ProgramCo-Director
Scleroderma ClinicUniversity of Washington Medicine
Seattle, WA, USARoberto G. Carbone, MD, FCCP
Consultant
University of Genoa
Department of Internal Medicine
Genoa, Italy
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lung Transplantation
Book Subtitle: Evolving Knowledge and New Horizons
Editors: Ganesh Raghu, Roberto G. Carbone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91184-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91182-3Published: 20 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08194-2Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91184-7Published: 28 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 371
Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 101 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Cardiology, Thoracic Surgery