Background: With the rising prevalence of persons who inject drugs, we are increasingly confronted with the challenge of managing them in the hospital setting as they are at an increased risk of leaving the hospital prematurely. There is limited data on the factors associated with leaving against medical advice (AMA) in persons who inject drugs [...]

Case Presentation: A 30 year old man with a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus and bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) for endocarditis presented with 2 days of left eye pain and vision loss associated with fevers, headache, and nausea. He reported intravenous drug use (IVDU) 4 days prior to admission after 14 months of [...]