Meet the editor

Dr. A. Vitin, MD, PhD, graduated cum laude from Kharkiv Medical University in 1981. He completed his PhD on the topic of Extracorporeal Detoxication Procedures in End-Stage Liver Disease Patients in 1986. He started to work as an ICU and as an attending anesthesiologist in 1987. From 2003, he worked as a faculty (now at the rank of associate professor) and attending anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain

Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. He is the author of more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals, several books, and book chapters. He has presented the results of his research work at scientific congresses in seven countries. Anesthesia and perioperative care for organ transplant recipients are his main areas of expertise and scientific interest.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

Approach

Recipients: A Review

*by Alexander A. Vitin*

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Kidney Transplant: Problems and Solutions **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 67**

Lung Transplantation: New Trends **93**

**Chapter 5 95**

**Chapter 6 115**

Acute Rejection, and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction in Lung Transplant

Perioperative Care for Lung Transplant Recipients: A Multidisciplinary

*by Stacey H. Brann, Steven S. Geier, Olga Timofeeva, Norihisa Shigemura,* 

Cytokine Biomarkers as Indicators of Primary Graft Dysfunction,

*by Sebastian Hultin, Carmel M. Hawley, David W. Johnson and Ross S. Francis*

Introductory Chapter: Tour De Force of Transplantation Science

Perioperative Care for Kidney Transplant Recipients

*by Večerić-Haler Željka and Kojc Nika*

*by Nika Kojc and Željka Večerić Haler*

*Francis Cordova and Yoshiya Toyoda*

*by John Hallsten and Wickii T. Vigneswaran*

Viral Infections after Kidney Transplantation: CMV and BK

Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
