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Articles tagged "Pain"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Effects of a Multimodal Pain Control Regimen in Living Donor Laparoscopic Nephrectomies

    E. Thomas, J. Nelson, E. Diaz.

    Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

    Purpose: Evaluate the effects of a multimodal pain control regimen on length of stay (LOS), opioid consumption, pain control, and opioid/NSAID related adverse events in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Use of Surgically Placed Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Catheter with Local Anesthetic Infusion in Renal Transplantation

    M. Dib,1 S. Borden,2 T. Schell,1 P. Stahler,1 T. Al-Qaoud,1 E. Martinez,1 E. Grodstein,1 A. D'Alessandro,1 J. Odorico,1 L. Fernandez,1 J. Mezrich,1 R. Redfield,1 D. Foley,1 D. Al-Adra,1 D. Kaufman.1

    1Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; 2Anesthesia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

    BackgroundRenal transplant recipients have limitations in pain management, given the nephrotoxicity of NSAIDS and contraindications to regional neuroaxial techniques. Although opioids are widely used post-transplant,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Chronic Narcotic Use Increases Mortality Rates in Heart Transplantation

    G. St. John, T. Chamogeorgakis, H. Nemeh, C. Tita, Y. Selektor, D. Lanfear, C. Williams.

    Transplant, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

    Purpose: In kidney and liver transplantation, chronic narcotic use pre and post-transplant has been associated with an increased risk for rejection and early graft loss.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Associations among Physical Fitness/function, Pain and Depression in Kidney Transplant Patients

    A. Kastelz,1,2 I. Tzvetanov,1 B. Fernhall,2 A. Shetty,3 L. Gallon,3 G. Hachaj,4 E. Benedetti.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Integrative Physiology Lab, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 3Internal Medicine Nephrology, Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL; 4GH FitLab, Chicago, IL.

    Kidney transplantation is the most successful treatment for end stage renal disease; however not all comorbidities of the disease are addressed by surgery. Depression and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Antidepressant Medication Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.

    K. Lentine,1 A. Naik,2 R. Ouseph,1 Z. Zhang,1 D. Axelrod,3 D. Segev,4 V. Dharnidharka,5 D. Brennan,5 H. Randall,1 R. Gadi,1 N. Lam,6 G. Hess,7 M. Schnitzler,1,8 B. Kasiske.8

    1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis; 2U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 3East Carolina Univ, Greenville; 4Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 5Washington Univ, St. Louis; 6Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 7Symphony Health, Philadelphia; 8Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis

    Limited data are available on the implications of antidepressant medication use in kidney transplant recipients.We examined a novel database wherein national transplant registry identifiers for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Prescription Opioid Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.

    K. Lentine,1 N. Lam,2 D. Segev,3 D. Axelrod,4 Z. Zhang,1 H. Xiao,1 G. Hess,5 B. Kasiske,6 R. Gadi,1 R. Devraj,7 D. Brennan,8 H. Randall,1 M. Schnitzler.1,6

    1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO; 2Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 3Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; 4East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC; 5Symphony Health, Philadelphia, PA; 6Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN; 7Southern Illinois Univ, Edwardsville, IL; 8Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO

    We previously identified associations of opioid use before kidney transplant (KTx) with post-KTx complications.To confirm and extend these findings, we examined a novel database wherein…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    10 Years or More of Follow Up After Total Pancreatectomy and Intra Portal Islet Auto Transplantation (TP/IAT) for Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis, Is It a Durable Operation?

    S. Chinnakotla, T. Dunn, G. Beilman, M. Bellin, T. Pruett, V. Kirchner, J. Wilhelm, M. Freeman, D. Sutherland.

    Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

    Background: Total pancreatectomy and intra-portal islet cell auto-transplantation (TP/IAT) is increasingly being utilized for the management of chronic pancreatitis (CP), the benefits being removal of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Obese Kidney Donors: Impact of Opioid-Minimization Using Ketorolac-Based Pain Management Protocol Following Robotically Assisted, Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy.

    M. Campara, B. Valdepenas, A. Virani, K. Galen, I. Tang, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.

    University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago

    INTRODUCTION: Obese have been excluded from living donor pool due to risk of surgical complications. Advances in robotic techniques minimized complications and increased use of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation Improves Quality of Life Allowing for the Resolution of the Intractable Pain with Good Glucose Control in Properly Selected Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis.

    A. Kotukhov,1 J. Solomina,1 E. Konsur,1 K. Cieply,1 L. Basto,1 L.-J. Wang,1 K. Golab,1 M. Tibudan,1 A. Gelrud,2 C. Thomas,2 J. Matthews,1 P. Witkowski.1

    1Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    Background: There is a group of Total pancreatectomy (TP) is offered as a last option to patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) who despite optimal treatment…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Predonation Prescription Narcotic Use: A Novel Risk Factor for Readmission After Living Donor Nephrectomy.

    K. Lentine,1,7 D. Segev,2,1 D. Axelrod,3 N. Lam,4 A. Garg,5 G. Hess,6 B. Kasiske,1 D. Brennan,8 H. Randall,7 M. Schnitzler.7,1

    1Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis; 2Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 3Dartmouth, Hanover; 4Univ Alberta, Alberta, Canada; 5Western Univ, London, Canada; 6Symphony Health, Pittsburgh; 7Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis.

    Implications of narcotic use in living kidney donor (LKD) candidates for key outcomes, including readmission rates after nephrectomy, are unknown.We integrated 1) national Scientific Registry…
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