在注射毒品的女性中感染性内心炎
Janica A Adams1, Cara Spence1,2, Esfandiar Shojaei3
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
JAMA network open
|October 4, 2024
概括
注射药物 (WWID) 的女性不成比例地受到传染性内心炎 (IE) 的影响. 优先考虑住院药物使用障碍服务和社会支持WWID,特别是在城市地区,对于改善结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在美国和加拿大,女性约占注射药物吸毒者 (PWID) 的三分之一.
- 妇女注射药物使用并发症的临床特征和结果尚未得到充分描述.
- 传染性内心炎 (IE) 是注射药物使用的严重并发症.
研究的目的:
- 确定注射药物妇女 (WWID) 中传染性内心炎 (IE) 的临床特征和结果.
主要方法:
- 对PWID的回顾性队列研究,确定IE入院于加拿大的5家三级医院.
- 从2007年4月5日到2018年3月15日收集的数据.
- 分析包括描述性统计数据和多变量时间依赖的Cox比例危险回归5年死亡率.
主要成果:
- 女性占PWIDIE患者的51.2%,比非PWID患者的比例更高.
- 与男性相比,患有IE的WWID更年轻,右侧IE的比例更高.
- 在城市地区和患有充血性心力衰竭的人群中,WWID观察到较高的死亡率;较低的死亡率与住院药物使用障碍服务和右侧心脏病相关.
结论:
- 妇女在IE的PWID中占有过多的比例,需要进一步研究这种差异的原因.
- 应优先考虑住院药物使用障碍服务,避孕咨询和加强城市地区对WWID的社会支持.
- 解决WWID的独特需求对于改善该群体的IE结果至关重要.
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