Acceptance among and impact on dental practitioners and patients of American Heart Association recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1030-1035

  Lockhart, Peter B ^a   Hanson, Nicholas B ^b   Ristic, Helen ^b   Menezes, Adriana R ^b   Baddour, Larry ^c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Bacteremia; Bacterial infection; Cardiovascular diseases; Clinical protocols; Consumer satisfaction; Dental prophylaxis; Endocarditis; Infective; Medically compromised patients; Special care dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIST; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884872578     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0230     Document Type: Article

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