This NICE Guidance on:- Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures
Covers patients who are at risk of infective endocarditis, specifically:-
- adults and children with certain problems affecting the structure of the heart (such as a replacement heart valve or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)
- adults and children who have previously had infective endocarditis (whether or not they have an underlying cardiac problem)
- people having any of these procedures:
– any dental procedure
– any obstetric or gynaecological procedure, or childbirth
– any procedure on the bladder or urine system
– any procedure on the gullet, stomach or intestines
– any procedure on the airways, including ear, nose and throat procedures and bronchoscopy (a test used to diagnose some lung problems).
It does not specifically look at:
- people at risk of infective endocarditis who do not have heart problems (such as intravenous drug users)
- people having procedures that aren’t in the list above
The full guidance, tools, resources and information for the public are available on the NICE website