Includes bibliographical references.

Options for patients with advanced kidney disease / Gabriel M. Danovitch -- Transplantation immunobiology / Hehua Dai and Fadi G. Lakkis -- Histocompatability testing, crossmatching, immune monitoring / Michael Cecka and Elaine Reid -- The science of deceased donor kidney transplantation / Frank Delmonico, Helen Nelson, and Jeffrey Veale -- Allocation of deceased donor organs / Tom Mone and Prasad Garimella -- Immunosupressive medications and protocols / Erik Lum, Ted Sievers, and Gabriel M. Danovitch -- Living donor kidney transplantation / Anjay Rastogi, Mara Hersh-Rifkin, Albin Gritsch, Jeffrey Veale, and Suzanne McGuire -- Evaluation of kidney transplant candidates / Mike Bunnapradist and Uttam Reddy -- The transplant operation and its surgical complications / Albin Gritsch and Jeffrey Veale -- Post-transplant : the first three months / Phuong-Thu T. Pham and Gabriel M. Danovitch -- Post-transplant : long term management and complications / Edmund Huang and Bertram Kasiske -- Infections in kidney transplantation / Joanna Schaenman and Bertram Kubak -- Kidney transplantation and liver disease / Mike Bunnapradist and Paul Martin -- Diagnostic imaging in kidney transplantation / Steven Raman and Nagesh Ragavendra -- Histopathology of kidney transplantation / Cynthia C. Nast and Mark Haas -- Options for the diabetic kidney transplant candidate / Gerald Lipshutz -- Kidney transplantation in children / Eileen W. Tsai, Meghan H. Pearl, and Robert B. Ettenger -- Psychiatric aspects of kidney transplantation / Akhil Shenoy and Itai Danovitch -- Organ transplant law and ethics / Alexandra Glazier -- Nutrition in kidney transplant candidates / Mareena George -- Psychosocial and financial aspects of kidney transplantation / Mara Hersh Rifkin -- Kidney transplantation in the developing world / Rudolph Garcia-Gallont and Elmi Muller -- The declaration of istanbul on organ trafficking and transplant tourism / Gabriel M. Danovitch.