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With Safe Injection Sites, ‘Somebody Has to Go First.’ It Could Be Philadelphia.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/11/15/with-safe-injection-sites-somebody-has-to-go-first-it-could-be-philadelphia?fbclid=IwAR2FHwltz7yPte8M1ea8oEDdW13_lq11LpOQXEZBcvoIH8QiFQsPiO7KUWY Comment; Controversial topic, am not totally...

Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated With Mortality in First-Episode Infective Endocarditis Among Persons Who Inject Drugs

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2715617 Comment; Improved survival with surgical approaches and referral to addiction treatment during the inpatient setting. Good to know Laura Rodger, MD1; Stephannie...

Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304132 Jon E. Zibbell PhD, Alice K. Asher PhD, Rajiv C. Patel MPH, Ben Kupronis MPH, Kashif Iqbal MPH, John W. Ward MD, and Deborah Holtzman PhD Objectives. To compare US trends in rates of injection drug use...

Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Women Giving Birth — Tennessee and United States, 2009–2014

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6618a3.htm?s_cid=mm6618a3_w Summary What is already known about this topic? Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects approximately 3.5 million persons in the United States, making it the most common bloodborne infection in the...