Readmissions Among Patients With Surgically Managed Drug Use Associated-Infective Endocarditis Before and After the Implementation of an Addiction Consult Team: A Retrospective, Observational Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who undergo cardiac surgery for drug use-associated infective endocarditis (DUA-IE) have high rates of readmissions for recurrent endocarditis, substance use disorder (SUD), and septicemia. Our primary objective was to assess whether exposure to an addiction consult team (ACT) was associated with reduced readmissions in this population.

Methods

This single-center retrospective analysis identified patients who underwent cardiac surgery for DUA-IE between 1/2012-9/2022 using the Society for Thoracic Surgeons database, and compared the cumulative incidence of readmissions at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months among those cared for before and after the implementation of an ACT in 9/2017, accounting for competing risk of mortality and adjusted for measured confounders usi

SUBMITTER: Marinacci LX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449258 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep-Oct 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature