Rapoport Alison B, Fine Danielle R, Manne-Goehler Jennifer M, Herzig Shoshana J, Rowley Christopher F
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 5;8(3):ofab009. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab009. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Our study describes the characteristics of patients hospitalized with injection drug use-related infection over a multiyear period in a region highly impacted by the opioid epidemic. Intensive health care needs were common in this young cohort, including high rates of readmission, high hospitalization costs, and prolonged lengths of stay.
我们的研究描述了在一个受阿片类药物流行严重影响的地区,多年来因注射吸毒相关感染住院的患者的特征。在这个年轻队列中,密集的医疗需求很常见,包括高再入院率、高住院费用和延长的住院时间。