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 [...]

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high-risk for developing serious injection related infections requiring long-term IV antibiotic therapy. For infective endocarditis, current guidelines recommend at least 4 to 6 weeks of IV antibiotic therapy. In PWID, it is recommended this be completed in a supervised setting because discharge home with a PICC line [...]