Publications by authors named "Priyadarshini Thandrasisla"
JAMA Netw Open
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Women make up about one-third of people who inject drugs in the US and Canada, yet little is known about their health outcomes related to injection drug use complications, particularly infective endocarditis (IE).
- This study focuses on identifying the clinical characteristics and outcomes of IE in women who inject drugs, using data from five hospitals in Canada between 2007 and 2018, comparing findings based on gender.
- Results indicated that women with IE were younger and more likely to have right-sided infections than men, with urban women experiencing higher mortality rates; those receiving substance use counseling in inpatient settings had better survival outcomes.
