Introduction Infections are a common cause of hospitalization for patients with opioid use disorders (OUDs). In 2012, there were 530,000 OUD-related hospitalizations with a total estimated healthcare cost of $15…
Opioid use disorder and endocarditis The increasing use of opioids over the past decade has resulted in a crisis of overdose and death in the United States that has also…
Introduction Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a significant impact on the healthcare system in the United States and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the number…
Injection drug use is an important HIV risk factor Transmission among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) early in the HIV epidemic Soon after the identification of acquired immune deficiency syndrome…
Background The syndemic of injection drug use (IDU) and HIV infection has been well recognized since the origin of the HIV epidemic. Although transmission in persons who inject drugs (PWID)…
Acknowledgements Dr. Akhtar is supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse award number 2UG3DA044826. Dr. Feinberg is supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse…
Background on criminal justice in the United States In the United States, the rate of incarceration has skyrocketed over the last 50 years, ignited by the “Tough on Crime” as…
Acknowledgments I gratefully acknowledge research funding from the US National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse Grant DA037820. I thank Dr. Sarah Mars for extensive feedback and Dr….
Models of care for falls and fracture prevention The authors of this chapter work at Vancouver General Hospital, a quaternary care center in British Columbia, Canada. As a major medical…
Acknowledgments The authors report no relevant disclosures or conflicts of interest. Dr. Troen is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (K07 AG060266), Veterans Affairs (BX004369), and the…
