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Arthroplasty Today, 2021 Background: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) of total hip (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) after dental procedures is uncommon, and antibiotic prophylaxis remains controversial.
Richard M. Danilkowicz, MD +4 more
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Medical dental prophylaxis of endocarditis [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004 Antibiotics have long been the main reason for the increase in man's longevity. Since their discovery, man has tried to reduce the level of infection by treating with antibiotics.
Regina C. Basilio +2 more
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A Review of Guidelines for Antibiotic Prophylaxis before Invasive Dental Treatments
Applied Sciences, 2020 Bacteraemia associated with invasive dental treatments can propagate infective endocarditis in high-risk cardiac patients. Over the past decade, antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatment has been questioned.
Abdulaziz A. Bakhsh +3 more
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Infective endocarditis: prevention and antibiotic prophylaxis
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021 The Swiss societies of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiology and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Group of Switzerland present the current update on infective endocarditis prophylaxis in a joint initiative.
Swiss Medical Weekly +11 more
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Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2020 Background: Various antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines have been published such as the American Heart Association 2007, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2006, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2008, European Society of ...
Jama'iah Mohd Sharif +2 more
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Increasing oral PMN during experimental gingivitis and its reversal by prophylaxis
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021 This investigation evaluated clinical parameters and the levels of polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMN] collected in an oral rinse amongst subjects who refrained from dental hygiene for a period of 12 days.
Prem K. Sreenivasan, Violet I. Haraszthy
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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2021 Background: Total joint replacement recipients (TJR) are at risk for prosthetic joint infection (PJI), particularly those with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Jeffrey N. Katz +10 more
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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]
, 2010 Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.
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Risk of angioedema following invasive or surgical procedures in HAE type I and II : the natural history [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE), caused by deficiency in C1-inhibitor (C1-INH), leads to unpredictable edema of subcutaneous tissues with potentially fatal complications.
Aygören-Pürsün, Emel +4 more
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Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2019 Background: Infective Endocarditis is relatively a rare disease and is believed to be caused by the vegetative growth on the previously damaged or congenitally malformed cardiac valves or endocardium.
Prenit Kumar Pokharel +1 more
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