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Did Endocarditis Associated With Drug Use Increase During COVID?

1. You are a member of the healthcare team caring for a 47-year-old woman with a 2-day history of cough, sore throat, and malaise. A SARS-CoV-2 rapid molecular test is positive. According to the results of the previous study by Xie and colleagues, what can you tell this patient regarding her risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)?

COVID-19 was protective against MACE

The risk for MACE was similar regardless of severity of COVID-19

COVID-19 was associated with a variety of cardiovascular (CV) complications, such as thromboembolism and arrhythmia

The effects of COVID-19 on the risk FOR MACE was noted only during the first 30 days after diagnosis
The patient has a history of opioid use disorder (OUD) and cocaine use disorder. What does the current study by Wang and colleagues find regarding the relationship among OUD and cocaine use disorder, COVID-19, and the risk for endocarditis?

COVID-19 had no effect on the risk for endocarditis among patients with OUD or cocaine use disorder

COVID-19 was associated with an increase in the risk for endocarditis among patients with OUD but not cocaine use disorder

COVID-19 was associated with an increase in the risk for endocarditis among patients with cocaine use disorder but not OUD

COVID-19 was associated with an increase in the risk for endocarditis among patients with either OUD or cocaine use disorder