2022 American Transplant Congress
Moral Distress Among Palliative Care and Transplant Clinicians in the Context of Transplant Care
1Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2REACH Lab, Tufts University, Medford, MA
*Purpose: Despite benefits of palliative care referrals and early advance care planning for patients with end-stage organ disease and recipients experiencing graft failure, few patients…2022 American Transplant Congress
Reduction of Discharge Opioid Prescriptions After Kidney Transplantation: A Quality Improvement Project
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Opioid use after kidney transplant has been linked to poorer outcomes, and unused prescriptions can lead to potential misuse. Historical prescribing practice at our…2022 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Prescribing Gabapentinoids, Co-Prescribed with Opioids or Benzodiazepines Among Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Gabapentinoid are commonly used to manage neuropathic pain in recipients with kidney transplantation (KT), with increasing concerns of co-prescribing with opioids and benzodiazepines leading…2022 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Pain Management Regimens After Living Donor Nephrectomy
*Purpose: Opioid sparing pain control protocols are widely accepted within health systems nationwide. In living donor kidney transplantation, pain control is addressed in a multimodal…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role of the Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in Robotic Donor Nephrectomies
*Purpose: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for a variety of abdominal surgeries. Post-operative pain following…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Pain Interference Before and After Kidney Transplantation: A Pilot Study
*Purpose: To characterize relationships between differential relative abundances of taxonomy (genus level) of the gut microbiome and pain interference before and after living donor kidney…2022 American Transplant Congress
The Sustained Impact of a Minimization Protocol on Peri-Operative Opioid Use in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Opioid use following kidney transplant (KTX) is associated with higher graft and patient loss. Thus, in 2019 we implemented an opioid minimization quality improvement…2022 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Opioid Discharge Prescribing for Kidney Transplant Recipients Through Implementation of a Standardized Opioid Prescribing Policy
*Purpose: Diversion of unused opioid medications has contributed to the opioid epidemic, and opioid use after kidney transplantation has been shown to be a risk…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplant Using Low Graft Recipient Weight Ratio (GRWR ≤ 0.8)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Low Graft recipient ratio (≤ 0.8) in adult living donor liver transplantation is considered a major risk factor affecting patient and graft survival. The…2022 American Transplant Congress
Hold the Opioids Please: Long-Term Outcomes Following an Opioid Minimization Protocol in Kidney Transplantation
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Opioid use following kidney transplantation (KTX) is associated with an increased risk of graft loss and mortality. Opioid minimization strategies and protocols have demonstrated…
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