Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis in Patients with Prosthetic Valve
Authors:
V. Vinduška
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika kardiovaskulární a transplantační chirurgie IKEM, Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 1999; : 82-83
Category:
Overview
American Heart Association published in 1997 new version of recommendations for prevention of bacterialendocarditis in risk patients. Postoperative stadium in patients with prosthetic valve belongs to the highest risk.Infection can develop during bacteremia, which occurs most frequently at stomatologic and urologic interventions.The whole scale of medical interventions can be covered by two universal antibiotical regimes - one for the mouth,respiratory and upper GI tract, second for urogenital and lower GI tract. In the first case 2 g of Amoxiciline areadministered p.o. 2 hours before the intervention. Interventions are individually listed, and cases where antibioticalprophylaxis is not recommended are separately given. Special situations are discussed.
Key words:
bacterial endocarditis, prosthetic valve, antibiotical prophylaxis.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
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