Chronic opioid analgesic usage post-kidney transplantation and clinical outcomes

Autor: Fidel Barrantes, Satyarth Kulshrestha, Fu L. Luan, Milagros Samaniego
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Clinical Transplantation. 28:1041-1046
ISSN: 0902-0063
Popis: Chronic opioid usage (COU) is common among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) qualified for kidney transplantation and associated with inferior post-transplant outcomes. The magnitude of COU after kidney transplantation and its impact on transplant outcomes remain unknown. We performed a single-center retrospective study aimed to describe the prevalence of COU during the first year, to identify the predictors of COU and to determine the impact of COU on post-transplant outcomes including the rates of hospitalization and acute rejection during the first year, as well as long-term patient and graft survival. Among 1045 kidney transplant patients, 119 (11.4%) had required continued outpatient prescription of opioid analgesics during the first year after kidney transplantation, mostly for non-surgery-related pain (85%). A positive history of COU prior to transplantation was the strongest predictor of COU in the first year post-transplantation (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 4.31, p
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