Preventive factors, diagnosis, and management of injection-related endophthalmitis: a literature review
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DOI: 10.1007/s00417-022-05607-8
Abstract: Intravitreal medication injections represent the gold standard treatment for a variety of potentially blinding chorioretinal vascular diseases. Despite their excellent safety profile, they are associated with the feared complication of injection-related endophthalmitis (IRE). Though the… read more here.
Keywords: injection related; injection; ire; treatment ... See more keywords
Sexual risk behaviors and STDs among persons who inject drugs: A national study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105779
Abstract: Opioid use and the rising case reports of STDs represent co-occurring epidemics; research indicates that persons who inject drugs (PWID) may be at increased risk for acquiring STDs. We use the National Survey of Family… read more here.
Keywords: related behaviors; inject drugs; past months; persons inject ... See more keywords
Importance of Opioid Agonist Therapy to Reduce Injection-Related Infections
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac145
Abstract: To the Editor—We read with interest the recent study by Harvey and colleagues describing the effectiveness of the “Six Moments of Infection Prevention in Injection Drug Use” educational toolkit for clinicians to prevent infection in… read more here.
Keywords: injection; injection related; oat; reduce risk ... See more keywords
1635. Do Persons With Opioid Use Disorder and Injection-Related Infections Really Need Prolonged Hospitalizations to Complete Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy?
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy209.105
Abstract: Abstract Background Persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) hospitalized with severe, injection-related infections (e.g., endocarditis) often remain inpatient to complete intravenous (IV) antibiotics due to assumptions that, if outpatient, patients will inject drugs into the… read more here.
Keywords: related infections; persons opioid; opioid use; injection related ... See more keywords
Hospitalisation with injection-related infections: Validation of diagnostic codes to monitor admission trends at a tertiary care hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
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DOI: 10.1111/dar.13471
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Injection-related infections (IRI) cause morbidity and mortality in people who inject drugs. Hospital administrative datasets can be used to describe hospitalisation trends, but there are no validated algorithms to identify injecting drug use and… read more here.
Keywords: injection related; hospitalisation; related infections; drug ... See more keywords
Prevention of propofol injection-related pain using pretreatment transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation
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DOI: 10.3906/sag-1611-35
Abstract: Background/aim: This study aimed to study the effect of pretreatment transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) in preventing propofol injection-related pain. Materials and methods: A total of 360 patients who were to undergo elective hysteroscopy surgery… read more here.
Keywords: propofol injection; stimulation; injection related; related pain ... See more keywords