Kidney Paired Donation Programs for Incompatible Living Kidney Donors and Recipients
Fig. 2.1 A two-way kidney paired donation. The donor in blue is not compatible with his or her intended recipient, and the donor in gray is not compatible with his…
The History of Living Donor Advocacy in Living Donor Transplantation
JENNIFER STEEL (ed.)Living Donor Advocacy2014An Evolving Role Within Transplantation10.1007/978-1-4614-9143-9_7 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 7. The History of Living Donor Advocacy in Living Donor Transplantation Talia B. Baker1 and Helen G. Spicer2 (1) Department…
The Medical Selection of Live Donors
1. Phone screening Age, weight History of medical or psychiatric illness/substance abuse Medications 2. Compatibility testing ABO HLA, crossmatchinga 3. Assessment of functional reserve of donor organ, organ specific 4….
AV Fistulas
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany In this book all direct anastomoses between an artery and a vein are called AV fistulas even…
Insufficient Peripheral Perfusion and Cardiac Strain After AV Access Creation
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany AV accesses may cause insufficient perfusion of the extremity distal to the AV anastomosis as well as…
Histopathology of AV Vascular Accesses
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany 19.1 Introduction Stenosis, thrombosis, and aneurysmatic dilatation are the most frequent postoperative complications in vascular access surgery….
Short Introduction to Fluid Dynamics: Relevant Aspects for Hemodynamics
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany The mechanics of solid bodies is fundamentally different from the mechanics of liquids and gases. The latter…
Redo Surgery with Prosthetic Grafts
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany Thrombosis, aneurysms, stenoses, and infections are possible causes for redo surgery. In the previous chapters we presented…
Puncture Techniques
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany In this chapter we discuss puncture sites, puncture techniques, how to remove cannulas, and the hemodynamic results…
