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Bone Marrow Transplant ; 38(11): 757-64, 2006 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17057729

ABSTRACT

Outpatient hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) are usually performed in patients receiving minimally mucotoxic preparative regimens; total body irradiation (TBI)-based regimens typically are excluded. To improve resource utilization and patient satisfaction, we developed a totally outpatient HSCT program for TBI regimens and compared outcomes for our first 100 such transplants to 32 performed as in-patients during the same interval, for caregiver or financial reasons. Symptoms were managed predominately with oral agents; pain management consisted of transdermal fentanyl and oral morphine solution. Except for more unmarried in-patients, the two groups were matched. Time to engraftment, severity of mucositis and transplant duration were identical for the two groups. Twenty-seven of the outpatients were admitted (median-6 days), primarily for progressing infection. Thus 92% of all transplant days were outpatient. There were no septic episodes or hospital admissions for pain management. There were no deaths to day 30 in either group and 100-day survival was identical. There was a mean cost savings of Dollars 16,000 per outpatient transplant and outpatient patient/caregiver quality of life was similar to that reported for in-patients. Patients undergoing severely mucotoxic regimens can be safely transplanted in an outpatient setting with a significant cost saving, with no increase in morbidity or mortality.


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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods , Outpatients , Whole-Body Irradiation/methods , Adult , Cost Savings , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Hematologic Neoplasms/therapy , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/economics , Humans , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Male , Pain/etiology , Pain Management , Patient Admission/economics , Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data , Quality of Life , Transplantation, Autologous , Whole-Body Irradiation/adverse effects
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