Essentials of Lung Transplantation

Name: Essentials of Lung Transplantation
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781032559391
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By Robin Vos and Saskia Bos and Andrew J. Fisher

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Essentials of Lung Transplantation by Robin Vos, Saskia Bos, and Andrew J. Fisher explores lung transplantation (LTx) as a life-saving treatment for people with severe end-stage lung disease. This concise, well-illustrated practical handbook provides a comprehensive overview of pre-, peri-, and post-transplant care, addressing the complexity... Read More

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Essentials of Lung Transplantation

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Lung transplantation (LTx) is a life-saving treatment for people with very severe end-stage lung diseases. It educates healthcare professionals involved in the care of LTx patients by explaining the general post-transplant journey, addressing typical post-transplant complications, and providing examples of real-life cases.

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Essentials of Lung Transplantation by Robin Vos, Saskia Bos, and Andrew J. Fisher explores lung transplantation (LTx) as a life-saving treatment for people with severe end-stage lung disease. This concise, well-illustrated practical handbook provides a comprehensive overview of pre-, peri-, and post-transplant care, addressing the complexity of lung transplantation, general follow-up, and common post-transplant complications.

Simple, to-the-point short topics will answer potential questions by LTx trainees, fellows, and consultants. It educates healthcare professionals involved in the care of LTx patients by explaining the post-transplant journey and includes examples of real-life cases.

Key Features:

Provides answers to common clinical questions during the post-transplant journey of a lung transplant recipient.
Offers practical and pragmatic approaches to diagnostic and management issues encountered in the lung transplant population, benefiting clinicians both within and outside of transplant centres internationally, to gain practical experience.
Summarises the clinical aspects of LTx with easy-to-navigate short text blocks, bullet points, and illustrations.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032559391

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Illustration: 15 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, color; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, color; 2 Halftones, black and white; 18 Illustrations, color; 5 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 206

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About the Author

Dr Saskia Bos, MD, PhD, worked from 2020 to 2024 as a clinical researcher at Newcastle University and as a transplant physician at the Institute of Transplantation of the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She then moved back to Belgium, where she now works as a transplant pulmonologist in the Leuven Lung Transplant Program and is Adjunct Head of Clinic of the Department of Respiratory Diseases at the University Hospitals Leuven. She has a specific interest in chronic lung allograft dysfunction, pulmonary graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and infectious diseases in solid organ transplants. She is active in several European and International Societies (European Respiratory Society, European Society for Organ Transplantation, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases).

Robin Vos, MD, PhD, is Medical Director of the Leuven Lung Transplant Program, Deputy Head of Clinic of the Department of Respiratory Diseases at the University Hospitals Leuven and Associate Professor of Medicine at KU Leuven, Belgium. He is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders and his clinical and translational research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic lung allograft dysfunction and pulmonary chronic graft-versus-host-disease. He is a Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (FERS) and active in several European and International Societies (Eurotransplant, European Respiratory Society, European Society for Organ Transplantation, and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation).

Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhD, is Professor of Respiratory Transplant Medicine at Newcastle University and a transplant pulmonologist at the Institute of Transplantation at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK with almost 30 years of experience. He is Co-Director of the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Organ Donation and Transplantation and leads a team of scientists and clinicians who are working on better understanding how outcomes after lung transplantation can be improved. He has led education initiatives on lung transplantation for the European Respiratory Society, British Thoracic Society and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and is a Past President of ISHLT.