Question 217 · LDEK · Pharmacotherapy in oral surgery
The first-line antibiotic in a 5-year-old child with congenital cyanotic heart disease before a tooth extraction would be:
- A. 50 mg/kg b.w. of amoxicillin.
- B. 20 mg/kg b.w. of clindamycin.
- C. 50 mg/kg b.w. of cephalexin.
- D. 50 mg/kg b.w. of cefazolin.
- E. 20 mg/kg b.w. of azithromycin.
Hint
Classify the heart defect by endocarditis risk and recall the standard first-line oral prophylactic agent and its paediatric dose.
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