Question 210 · LDEK · Anesthesia, pharmacotherapy and surgical procedures in children
Clindamycin is an antibiotic used in endocarditis prophylaxis in patients allergic to penicillin. It should be administrated orally in a dose of:
- A. 50 mg/kg body weight two hours before the surgery carrying a risk of bacteremia.
- B. 50 mg/kg body weight one hour before the surgery carrying a t risk of bacteremia.
- C. 20 mg/kg body weight one hour before the surgery carrying a risk of bacteremia.
- D. 20 mg/kg body weight two hours before the surgery carrying a risk of bacteremia.
- E. none of the above.
Hint
Recall the paediatric clindamycin dose per kilogram used in older endocarditis prophylaxis guidelines and how long before the procedure it is given.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Pediatric dentistry
- Indicate the true statement concerning primary herpetic gingivostomatitis:
- Indicate the true statement on teeth development:
- A 4-year-old child has five conically shaped milk teeth. In a clinical investigation undeveloped jaws, lips inversion, scarce hairiness and dryness…
- In a 5-year-old child in order to gain a long-term restoration of a three-surfaced caries lesion in a milk tooth after pulpotomy, one should use:
- In immature teeth you will expect apexogenesis after the treatment with the following methods:
- Indicate the true statement concerning defense capabilities of the pulp in deciduous teeth (not at the stage of root resorption) and newly erupted…