Anesthesia for Organ Transplantation and Tissue Transplantation

Author: Qing Enming
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Anesthesia for Organ and Tissue Transplantation is a high-level reference book for the anesthesia profession, edited under the leadership of Professor Qing Enming and Professor Bi Haosheng, and co-authored by over 40 domestic authors. These authors are direct participants in transplant anesthesia, possessing a solid theoretical foundation and extensive clinical experience. The book is divided into five parts and thirty-three chapters. It comprehensively and systematically introduces the anesthesia and related issues of organ and tissue transplantation, including: the history and current status of organ and tissue transplantation; the fundamental immunological concepts of organ and tissue transplantation; relevant drugs used preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively, as well as common monitoring methods during transplantation; the pathophysiology, anesthesia methods, surgical procedures, and postoperative management characteristics of related diseases in organ and tissue transplantation. In some chapters, typical cases are specifically listed to enable readers to vividly and concretely understand and master relevant experiences. The book also systematically introduces the application of extracorporeal circulation technology, blood salvage technology, and intra-aortic balloon pumping technology in transplantation; the treatment of postoperative pain in organ and tissue transplantation; and the nutritional therapy after organ and tissue transplantation. The publication of this book will provide highly beneficial assistance to clinical transplant surgeons, anesthesiologists, and faculty and students of medical schools, and will play a positive role in advancing the development of transplant medicine in China.