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Happy to share our new paper in @CMAJ :

"Caring for people who inject drugs when they are admitted to hospital"

cmaj.ca/content/193/12…

It's #OpenAccess (so anyone can read it), but here's a 🧵anyway with the key points:

#MedTwitter #AddictionMedicine #HarmReduction
The number of people who inject drugs in 🇨🇦 is increasing, from 130,000 in 2011 to 171,900 in 2016

(as estimated by @BrendanJacka @SarahLarney @jasongrebely & team)

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.21…
The rate of hospitalizations for severe injecting-related bacterial infections, like endocarditis, is increasing even faster

e.g. in Ontario:
journals.lww.com/cja/Abstract/2…

& in New Brunswick:
cjcopen.ca/article/S2589-…
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