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- Title
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis: A Survey of Practice Among Pediatric Cardiology Providers.
- Authors
Horsley, Whitney; Srinivasan, Shardha; Hokanson, John S.
- Abstract
The 2007 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines limited antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) for infective endocarditis (IE) to fewer patients with predisposing cardiac conditions (PCC). We surveyed the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (AAP SOCCS) on their recommendations for AP for a number of PCC and procedures. We report on those 173 respondents who follow the 2007 AHA guidelines. AP rates for high-risk PCCs clearly meeting AHA criteria ranged from 70.5-89.8%. Conversely, for PCCs which did not meet AHA criteria, prescribing rates varied from <1% to 29.5%. PCC for which AP indication was unclear per guidelines, AP rates similarly varied from 9.9-39.8%. Similar variability is noted in AP for various procedures in setting of high-risk PCC. There is variability in AP prescribing practices among pediatric cardiologists based on both underlying PCC and noncardiac procedures in the setting of underlying cardiac disease.
- Subjects
ENDOCARDITIS prevention; AMERICAN Heart Association; CARDIOLOGISTS; PHYSICIANS' attitudes; ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL heart disease; ANTIBIOTIC prophylaxis; MEDICAL protocols; PEDIATRIC cardiology; RISK assessment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DRUG prescribing; PHYSICIAN practice patterns; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2022, Vol 61, Issue 12, p859
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00099228221106552