Awareness of infective endocarditis prophylaxis in parents of children with congenital heart disease: A prospective survey

A prospective survey of parents of the children with congenital heart disesease was conducted to determine their awareness as regards the importance of oral hygiene and prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (IE). The results of this study demonstrated that only 8% of the parents were aware of t...

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Autores principales: Nath, Parrimala, Kiran, V., Maheshwari, Sunita
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300239
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.41057
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Sumario:A prospective survey of parents of the children with congenital heart disesease was conducted to determine their awareness as regards the importance of oral hygiene and prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (IE). The results of this study demonstrated that only 8% of the parents were aware of the importance of good oro-dental hygiene and need for IE prophylaxis.

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