Nursing Care of the Transplant Recipient

Katharine M.Sigardson- Poor, Linda M. Heggerty (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

471 Seiten

1990
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7216-2882-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This text presents nursing care and related clinical information for patients undergoing transplantation of organs or tissues. The book covers all phases from donor selection and preoperative care to discharge and follow-up care. Discusses the history of transplantation, patient education, psychosocial responses, and legal and ethical considerations. Also addresses immunology of transplantation rejection, immunosuppression, infectious disease, autotransplantation of the adrenal medulla, and renal, liver, cardiac, heart/lung, pancreas, corneal, bone marrow and bone transplanation. Over 30 experienced specialists contribute.

Inhalt

History of Transplantation. Organ Procurement and Preservation. Immunology of Transplant Rejection. Immunosuppression. Infectious Disease and Transplantation. Renal Transplantation. Liver Transplantation. Cardiac Transplantation. Heart-Lung and Unilateral Lung Transplantation. Pancreas Transplantation. Corneal Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. Bone Transplantation. Auto-Transplantation. Patient Education. Managing the Psychosocial Responses of the Transplant Patient. Extended Role of the Nurses. Legal/Ethical Issues. Transcultural Nursing and Transplantation.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 59 figs, 69 tables
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 753 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Chirurgie / OP-Pflege / Orthopädie
• ISBN-10: 0-7216-2882-6 / 0721628826
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-2882-0 / 9780721628820
• Zustand: Neuware