Abstract
Sixty years ago, end-stage renal disease was uniformly fatal. The development of dialysis and the potential for kidney transplantation transformed this terminal illness into a manageable chronic disease. Dialysis carries with it the complications associated with access, fluid shifts, and electrolyte abnormalities. In contrast, kidney transplantation has developed into a therapeutic option with significantly improved quality of life and patient survival. However, organ availability and chronic immune and non-immune destruction of renal allografts with stagnant long-term outcomes are still active problems. This chapter provides an overview of the field.
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Bakosi, E., Bakosi, E., Shapiro, R. (2017). Kidney Transplantation: Overview. In: Subramaniam, K., Sakai, T. (eds) Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6377-5_19
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