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Perfect Match: A Kidney Transplant Reveals the Ultimate Second Chance
Janet Hermans
$6.58

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Janet did a marvelous job of giving an intimate over view of Hans' experience with chronic kidney disease and the ultimate gift of love from his brother. We especially liked the way she divided the chapters with the second part of each chapter as an analogy of Christ and his love for us. I purchased three of them-one for us,one for a dear friend who just received a kidney and one for the mutual friend who donated the kidney. Our friend who received the kidney said that reading Perfect Match was a
spiritual experience. Thank you Janet and thank you, Lord, for inspiring her to write it. Sally and Bob Hoffman

BOOK
Larry's Kidney: Being the True Story of How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life
Daniel Asa Rose
$25.99

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FROM THE FORWARD: "Elegantly written and deeply moving, it passes the laugh-out-loud test with flying colors. A classic contribution to the annals of cross-cultural comedy."

FROM THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL: "Like nothing else you've read, pitch-perfect dialogue, hilarious and heartbreaking."

FROM THE MIAMI HERALD: "Quirky, charming, Rose is a gifted writer and good company. The master of dialogue."

FROM THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS: "With its humor, sensitivity and shocking twist at the end, `Larry's Kidney' is a literary trip worth taking. Delightful."

FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: "'Larry's Kidney' delivers."

FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE: "Great, madcap fun. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll be sorry when the adventure is over. And you won't forget these two, or those funny-talk China people."

FROM THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH: "An immensely entertaining, effervescent book crammed with colorful characters and zippy dialogue."

FROM HEALTH & MEDICINE WEEK/BIOTECH WEEK: "Just as important as the book's deeply moving and enormously comical entertainment value are the deep insights into the world of organ transplants. Required reading for the medical community as well as the general public."

FROM THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: "Witty, wild, and wacky."

FROM THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS: "Side-splitting."

FROM THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI: "Uproarious and poignant, but also a simple tribute to family love. A romp of a book, surprisingly moving."

FROM THE NEW BEDFORD STANDARD TIMES: "Easily one of the funniest non-fiction books I've read in years. Rose's tone reminds me of David Sedaris and his story reads like an episode of `Curb Your Enthusiasm.'"

FROM HARTFORD COURANT: "Hilarious and scary and also a fascinating exploration of China, medical ethics and family ties."

FROM SHELF AWARENESS: "Sometimes slapstick, sometimes caustic, Larry's Kidney is also sweet and thoughtful as Daniel finds himself improbably falling in love with China."

FROM GAIL COOKE, TOP TEN AMAZON REVIEWER: "Outrageous, outrageously funny, and touching. A unique odyssey!"

FROM GRADY HARP, TOP TEN AMAZON REVIEWER: "Daniel Asa Rose has a winner on his hands with `LARRY'S KIDNEY'. He has the skill and the comic timing to pull off an unlikely caper story with lightness, hearty laughter, tenderness, and wisdom, creating a book that most likely will go directly to film. It is a fast summer read that is brimming over with some of the funniest conversations between the characters while keeping an eye focused on the very fast paced story that borders on miraculous."

FROM THE BOOK CHICK: "I really loved this story, on the edge of my seat. Simply too good to miss!"

FROM DUFFBERT`S RANDOM MUSINGS: "Well worth the read, both for entertainment and for food for thought."

FROM AVON ROMANCE BLOG: "Okay, it's not women's fiction, but it's just wacky enough that mom might just love it for mother's day. LARRY'S KIDNEY is the funniest yet most heartwarming book of the year. What better gift for mom?"

FROM VILLISCA READS: "Illustrates what is important about life. A must read."

FROM TCPL BOOK TALK: "This is one of those rare books that make you laugh, make you think, and maybe even teach you a thing or two. It made me fall in love with China's people and appreciate my own family."

FRIOM BOOKLOONS REVIEWS: "The seriousness of the quest is offset by Rose's sense of humor. Well worth the read."

FROM A J JACOBS, AUTHOR OF THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY: "You've never read a book like this. And if you have, please tell me what bookstore you go to, because I want to buy any other books that weave love, China, family, and internal organs into an amazing and touching tale. For everyone else, it's probably easier to just buy Daniel Asa Rose's book."

FROM RICH COHEN: AUTHOR OF SWEET AND LOW: "In this hilarious, moving book, Daniel Asa Rose and his cousin Larry set out like Sancho Panza and Don Quixote in search of a mail order bride and human organs, running into classic Quixotic misadventure along the way. In short, that very rare thing--a wonderful story told by a wonderful writer."

FROM BONNIE FRIEDMAN, AUTHOR OF WRITING PAST DARK: "This is one of those beautifully written, compulsively readable books that actually feels life-changing. Scene after scene has surprising and sharply memorable characters, and a plot with real-life story twists that are shocking and yet, upon consideration, make perfect sense. By the hauntingly beautiful end, all the scenes added up to a vision of the people of this distant place, and of life itself, that was beyond the joyful adventure of this book. I was left with a vision of life frankly that seemed masterful in scope."

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Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients
$79.95

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Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Transplant Recipients is an easy to read, up to date, clinical resource written by experts in the field of kidney transplantation. The book explains how donors and recipients are selected for transplantation, how the surgical procedure is performed, and how the experts recognize and treat rejection.

Clearly illustrated chapters show how the immune system works in the setting of transplantation and how immunosuppressive medications prevent rejection of the transplanted kidney; knowledge essential for the proper care of the transplant recipient.

The acute and long-term care of the patient is described from the perspective not only of proper immunosuppressive medication management, but also from the perspective of comorbidities most common to transplanted patients, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, infectious diseases, malignancies, and bone disease. Special issues that impact the care of the transplant recipient, such as unusual donor sources, nonadherence and insurability are also addressed in separate chapters.

This comprehensive practical guide to transplant patient care is an essential source for the practicing community nephrologist that cares for transplanted patients, as well as medical and surgical residents and fellows in training.

Clear illustrations as well a therapeutic algorithms complement the text, making this an easy to read, up to date source on the clinical practice of kidney transplantation.

BOOK
Kidney Transplants Explained
Andy Stein
$21.40

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This book offers coverage of the important topics such as the 'postcode lottery', organ allocation and deceased and living donor organs. It provides practical information about the operation, medication and the first three months after transplant. It offers post-transplant advice: how to look after yourself and your new kidney. Real life accounts of people who have experienced the issues are discussed. All the 'Key Facts' are summarised at the end of each chapter.

BOOK
Dropsy, Dialysis, Transplant: A Short History of Failing Kidneys (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease)
Steven J. Peitzman
$14.02

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Small and bean shaped, the kidneys are sophisticated organs that filter waste from the blood. A number of diseases and disorders -- including diabetes and hypertension -- can harm the kidneys and cause them to fail.

Historian and nephrologist Steven J. Peitzman traces the medical history of kidney disease alongside the personal experience of illness. Drawing on diaries, letters, literary narratives, and scientific writings, Peitzman charts the triumphs of medical innovators like Richard Bright, Thomas Addis, and Belding Scribner as well as the stories of persons, famous and not, who have struggled with the disease.

Conditions once known as "Bright's Disease" are now recognized as complex disorders with names such as glomerulopathy and acute tubular necrosis. Treatments have evolved from abdominal tapping and dietetics to hemodialysis and transplantation. Medical advances have improved the well-being and prognosis of persons with failing kidneys. Yet such persons continue on an arduous journey of chronic illness. Peitzman travels with them, from diagnosis to treatment, and witnesses their remarkable ability to cope.

Joining the clinician's perspective with the historian's analysis, this fascinating chronicle offers insight into how diseases are defined, categorized, and understood and explains current concepts of how kidney disease behaves and how modern therapy works.

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The Story of the First Kidney Transplant in Guyana, South America: And Lessons for Developing Countries
MD Rahul M. Jindal
$16.76

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The first part of the book narrates the story of a single mother from Georgetown in Guyana who made an appeal to help her son dying of kidney failure to obtain a kidney transplant which was not available in their country. They needed help to travel to India to get the transplant. The flyer appealing for help lands in the hands of a Guyanese-American, George Subraj, who is intrigued by this appeal. He seeks the help of Indian-born Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Rahul M. Jindal, who, in turn, organizes a medical team to perform the surgery. This is also a story of how Americans come together to save the life of a young man in Guyana, whose determined single mother refused to give up.

In the second part of the book, the social aspects of transplantation are discussed which include medical compliance, anxiety and depression in kidney transplant recipients and social networks pertaining to kidney transplantation.

In the third part of the book, the economics of kidney transplantation in developing countries are discussed, along with the economics of peritoneal versus hemodialysis, pre-emptive kidney transplantation for developing countries, health policy for treating renal failure in developing countries and finally commercialization of kidney transplantation - a problem which is increasing world-wide.

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2004 Kidney Transplant Calendar
Karen Dawn
$9.95

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The greatest chance for kidney health is the maintenance of a medication routine. Take time to check off your medications as you take them today. Use this calendar to help record your daily medications. Keep track of your general vital signs weekly. Taking good care of your kidney has two rewards: health and vitality.

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Death rates for patients awaiting liver transplants down, use of ECD kidneys up, HRSA annual report finds.(Health Resources and Services Administration): An article from: Transplant News
$5.95

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This digital document is an article from Transplant News, published by Transplant Communications, Inc. on March 31, 2005. The length of the article is 695 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Death rates for patients awaiting liver transplants down, use of ECD kidneys up, HRSA annual report finds.(Health Resources and Services Administration)
Publication: Transplant News (Newsletter)
Date: March 31, 2005
Publisher: Transplant Communications, Inc.
Volume: 15 Issue: 6

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2008 Kidney Transplant Planner
M.D. Jonsson
$17.84

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The greatest chance for kidney health is the maintenance of a medication routine. Take time to check off your medications as you take them today. Use this planner to help record your daily medications. Keep track of your general vital signs weekly. Taking good care of your kidney has two rewards: health and vitality.

BOOK
Kidney Transplant Rejection: Diagnosis & Treatment
Racusen
$96.73

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The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Revised and expanded third version of a text on kidney rejection. For nephrologists and physicians interested in nephrology. Includes infection, noninvasive methods, renal biology, and molecular biology. DNLM: Kidney Transplantation.