Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for IE and account for a growing propo... more Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for IE and account for a growing proportion of IE cases in the United States. We describe key characteristics of IE and predictors of 90-day mortality among people who do and do not inject drug at two large academic medical centers. Methods We used a string-searching and pattern-matching algorithm within all discharge (DC) summaries to query the electronic medical record (EMR) for cases of IE among adults ≥18 years of age at two academic medical centers in Seattle, Washington from December 1, 2013 to July 31, 2019. All cases were chart reviewed by a member of the study team to confirm a clinical diagnosis of IE and verify housing and PWID status, the latter defined as any injection drug use in the 3 months prior to admission. Microbiology and valve involvement were extracted from DC summaries and chart-reviewed where needed. Deaths were obtained from Washington state death index, which links to our EMR. Descriptive statistic...
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for IE and account for a growing propo... more Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for IE and account for a growing proportion of IE cases in the United States. We describe key characteristics of IE and predictors of 90-day mortality among people who do and do not inject drug at two large academic medical centers. Methods We used a string-searching and pattern-matching algorithm within all discharge (DC) summaries to query the electronic medical record (EMR) for cases of IE among adults ≥18 years of age at two academic medical centers in Seattle, Washington from December 1, 2013 to July 31, 2019. All cases were chart reviewed by a member of the study team to confirm a clinical diagnosis of IE and verify housing and PWID status, the latter defined as any injection drug use in the 3 months prior to admission. Microbiology and valve involvement were extracted from DC summaries and chart-reviewed where needed. Deaths were obtained from Washington state death index, which links to our EMR. Descriptive statistic...
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