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Physiological or
functional
heart murmur
Previous Kawasaki
disease
without valvular
dysfunction
Cardiac pacemakers
Implanted defibrillators
* Adapted with permission of the Journal of the American Medical Association from Dajani and
colleagues.10
ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLACTIC REGIMENS FOR CERTAIN DENTAL
PROCEDURES.*
(TABLE 1)
SITUATION ANTIBIOTIC† REGIMEN‡
Standard Amoxicillin Adults, 2.0 grams; children,
Prophylaxis 50 milligrams/kilogram
orally one hour before
procedure
* Reprinted with permission of the Journal of the American Medical Association from Dajani
and colleagues.10
† Cephalosporins should not be used in patients with immediate-type hypersensitivity reaction
(urticaria, angioedema or anaphylaxis) to
penicillins.
‡ Total children’s dose should not exceed adult dose.
§ IM: Intramuscular; IV: Intravenous.
DENTAL PROCEDURES CONSIDERED FOR ANTIBIOTIC
PROPHYLAXIS IN SUSCEPTIBLE PATIENTS.*
HIGH-RISK CATEGORY
Dental extractions
Fluoride treatments
* Adapted with permission of the Journal of the American Medical Association from Dajani
and colleagues.10
SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS.
Implanted Pacemaker or NO
Defibrillator
Vascular Grafts NO, if in place more than 6 AHA protocol if less than
months six months
Previous Coronary NO
Bypass Graft Surgery