Pregnant intravenous drug user tricuspid valve infective endocarditis treated with a successful simultaneous valve replacement and Cesarean section
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DOI: 10.1111/echo.14122
Abstract: A 30‐year‐old female patient known to be an intravenous drug user (IVDU) was admitted to Bajcsy‐Zsilinszky Hospital Cardiology Intensive Care Unit at 29‐week gestation with severe sepsis and right heart failure. She had methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus… read more here.
Keywords: drug user; infective endocarditis; valve infective; intravenous drug ... See more keywords
Infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user: multiple fatal complications
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239376
Abstract: Here, we present a case of a 43-year-old patient with a background of active intravenous drug use who was diagnosed with aortic valve endocarditis. This was complicated by extensive acute embolic stroke and acute splenic,… read more here.
Keywords: drug user; infective endocarditis; drug; endocarditis intravenous ... See more keywords
Shadow Committees: On “Drug User Voice,” Representation, and Mobilization in a Norwegian Drug Policy Reform
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DOI: 10.1177/00914509211003731
Abstract: Until recently, Norway remained immovable on its conservative policy that illegal drug use is a crime. In 2018, the Health Minister appointed an inquiry commission to design a less restrictive drug policy, which included two… read more here.
Keywords: policy reform; drug user; drug policy; drug ... See more keywords