Behavior of health professionals concerning the recommendations for prophylaxis for infectious endocarditis in our setting: Are the guidelines followed?

Antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis in patients with predisposing cardiac conditions: French cardiologists' implementation of current guidelines

“…PCCs with low and moderate risk for IE that no longer require IE AP also appear better identified by cardiologists except for pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, better identified by dentists [13]. Interestingly, this specific finding is also recorded in the Anguita et al study [27]. Targeted information on this specific point is needed in training for cardiologists.…”

“…A nationwide survey of French dentists' knowledge and implementation of current guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis in patients with predisposing cardiac conditions showed that high risk for IE are recognized by both specialties, but dentists clearly identify unrepaired cyanotic CHD less easily [13]. This difference is also recorded in the Anguita et al study [27], probably due to dentists not having knowledge of this type of heart disease, whose incidence is increasing in the general population because of improved survival. PCCs with low and moderate risk for IE that no longer require IE AP also appear better identified by cardiologists except for pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, better identified by dentists [13].…”

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis: A Survey of Practice Among Pediatric Cardiology Providers

“…3,4 Studies of providers' attitudes shortly after and in the years since the guideline update showed early resistance with increased adoption later on, as might be expected with any guideline change. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] These studies included surveys of providers' attitude toward the guidelines with or without their AP prescribing practices; pediatric cardiologists were most recently surveyed by Naik et al 5 and Shah et al 8 in 2013. In addition, many studies have attempted to look for a difference in IE rates before and after guideline changes to measure the effect from the guidelines changing.…”