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This retrospective study explored the additional analgesic efficacy of paracetamol and nefopam infusions in living-donor KT recipients who received a transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block. Materials and Methods: Consecutive living-donor KT recipients at our institute between January 2020 and March 2022 were divided into groups that received a TAP block with paracetamol and nefopam infusions (Group TA) or a TAP block without analgesics (Group T) during surgery. Following propensity-score (PS) matching, 103 patients were included in each group. Postoperative pain intensity assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS), opioid consumption via patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) devices over 24 h, and postoperative outcomes were compared between the two groups. Results: VAS pain intensity at rest was lower in group TA than in group T at 1 and 6 h after surgery [1 h: 29 (15\u201341) vs. 41 (29\u201351) mm, p &lt; 0.001; 6 h: 32 (23\u201343) vs. 40 (32\u201354) mm, p &lt; 0.001]. The VAS pain intensity during coughing was lower in group TA [1 h: 46 (30\u201358) vs. 59 (48\u201369) mm, p &lt; 0.001; 6 h: 51 (40\u201363) vs. 60 (45\u201371) mm, p &lt; 0.001]. Moreover, PCA consumptions during the first 6 h and between 6\u201324 h post-surgery was significantly lower in group TA. Other postoperative outcomes did not differ between the two groups. Conclusions: Multimodal analgesia with intraoperative paracetamol and nefopam infusions improved postoperative pain control in living-donor KT recipients who received a preoperative TAP block. Our findings demonstrate the efficacy of paracetamol and nefopam infusions in KT recipients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61010065","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,2]],"date-time":"2025-01-02T10:32:26Z","timestamp":1735813946000},"page":"65","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Efficacy of Intraoperative Paracetamol and Nefopam Infusions in Addition to Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Kidney Transplant Recipients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Jaesik","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2701-0180","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sun Cheol","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1426-4651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Min Suk","family":"Chae","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7091-8963","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sang Hyun","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0455-2801","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jung-Woo","family":"Shim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1007\/s12325-021-01927-z","article-title":"A Narrative Review of Chronic Kidney Disease in Clinical Practice: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives","volume":"39","author":"Evans","year":"2022","journal-title":"Adv. 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