Antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis: Knowledge and implementation of American Heart Association Guidelines among dentists and dental hygienists in Alberta, Canada

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 743-750

  Jain, Pankaj ^a,b   Stevenson, Thomas ^a   Sheppard, Alexandra ^a   Rankin, Kathryn ^a   Compton, Sharon M ^a   Preshing, William ^a   Anderson, Ross ^c   Islam, Sunjidatul ^a   MacKie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Cardon Children's Medical Center   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dental hygienists; dentists; Endocarditis; heart valve diseases; infective; practice guidelines; prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALBERS SCHOENBERG DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORAL SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; ENDOCARDITIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOPETROSIS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942683956     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: 19434723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2015.03.021     Document Type: Article

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