Prescribing of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infective endocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2007, the American Heart Association recommended that antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) be restricted to those at high risk of developing complications due to infective endocarditis (IE) undergoing invasive dental procedures. The authors aimed to estimate the appropriateness of AP prescribing according to type of dental procedure performed in patients at high risk, moderate risk, or low or unknown risk of developing IE complications.

Methods

Eighty patients at high risk, 40 patients at moderate risk, and 40 patients at low or unknown risk of developing IE complications were randomly selected from patients with linked dental care, health care, and prescription benefits data in the IBM MarketScan Databases, one of the largest US health care convenience data samples. Tw

SUBMITTER: Thornhill MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7959887 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature