Journal article
Predonation Prescription Opioid Use: A Novel Risk Factor for Readmission After Living Kidney Donation
Abstract
Implications of opioid use in living kidney donors for key outcomes, including readmission rates after nephrectomy, are unknown. We integrated Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data with records from a nationwide pharmacy claims warehouse and administrative records from an academic hospital consortium to quantify predonation prescription opioid use and postdonation readmission events. Associations of predonation opioid use (adjusted …
Authors
Lentine KL; Lam NN; Schnitzler MA; Hess GP; Kasiske BL; Xiao H; Axelrod D; Garg AX; Schold JD; Randall H
Journal
American Journal of Transplantation, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 744–753
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2017
DOI
10.1111/ajt.14033
ISSN
1600-6135