Question 142 (part 2) · LDEK · Anesthesia and pharmacology in conservative dentistry

In which patients before endodontic treatment (chronic purulent periapical tissue inflammation) would you apply antibiotic prophylaxis?

  1. A. patients with artificial heart valve prosthesis implanted percutaneously; after haemorrhagic stroke, with rheumatic disease.
  2. B. with left heart hypoplasia, chronic kidney deficiency, acyanotic heart disease.
  3. C. with type 2 diabetes, after an episode of infective endocarditis, with Tetralogy of Fallot.
  4. D. after myocardial infarction, with implanted artificial joints, tuberculosis.
  5. E. acyanotic heart disease, after myocardial infarction, with implanted heart pacemaker.
Hint

Prophylaxis is reserved for the highest risk of infective endocarditis or compromised immunity; check each set for a condition that does not qualify.

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