He was aware many of the avid drug using endocarditis patients relapse and need the surgery again or sometimes they pass away because of their drug use but he was not sure of the severity. He started by looking online and checking the obituaries to see if the names of any of his patients would arise, and they did. After further investigation, he had learned that 25% of his patients who were intravenous drug users had passed away after leaving the hospital and that they had returned to their old habits. The patients being intravenous drug users is an important distinction to be made because the way that many avid drug users get endocarditis is because they use dirty or contaminated
He was aware many of the avid drug using endocarditis patients relapse and need the surgery again or sometimes they pass away because of their drug use but he was not sure of the severity. He started by looking online and checking the obituaries to see if the names of any of his patients would arise, and they did. After further investigation, he had learned that 25% of his patients who were intravenous drug users had passed away after leaving the hospital and that they had returned to their old habits. The patients being intravenous drug users is an important distinction to be made because the way that many avid drug users get endocarditis is because they use dirty or contaminated