Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Reports Findings in Infective Endocarditis (The risk of endocarditis in hemodialysis patients who have undergone invasive dental treatment: a cohort case-control analysis of the Taiwan National Health Insurance …): Heart Disorders and Diseases – Infective Endocarditis

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2022 OCT 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- New research on Heart Disorders and Diseases - Infective Endocarditis is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Taoyuan, Taiwan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The objective of this study was to determine if hemodialysis patients who have undergone an invasive dental treatment are at risk of developing infective endocarditis. This study was a cohort case-control design and used secondary data collected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan.”

Financial support for this research came from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, “The case group and the control group were each comprised of 19,602 hemodialysis patients. The control group was matched for four variables: age, gender, a medical history of diabetes mellitus, and a cerebrovascular event. After matching, the case group and the control group were each comprised of 19,602 hemodialysis patients. Cox regression analysis determined hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Patients were followed up at 1 month and 3 months after receiving invasive dental treatment. The results showed the cohort case-control hazard ratio was 0.88 (95% CI, 0.49, 1.57) 1 month after receiving invasive dental treatment. Three months after receiving IDT, the cohort case-control hazard ratio was 1.04 (95% CI, 0.71, 1.52). Hazard ratios did not differ significantly between groups. Hemodialysis patients who received invasive dental treatment had no greater risk of developing infective endocarditis than matched control patients. The results of this study should alleviate concerns for hemodialysis patients and dentists about invasive dental treatment procedures. We recommend hemodialysis patients undergo invasive dental treatment when needed. The results of this study showed that invasive dental treatment did not increase their risk of developing infective endocarditis.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Hemodialysis patients in need of an invasive dental procedure should be encouraged to undergo treatment if the dentist deems it necessary.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The risk of endocarditis in hemodialysis patients who have undergone invasive dental treatment: a cohort case-control analysis of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database. Clinical Oral Investigations, 2022. Clinical Oral Investigations can be contacted at: Springer Heidelberg, Tiergartenstrasse 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany. (Springer - www.springer.com; Clinical Oral Investigations - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1432-6981/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Shang-Hung Chang, Cardiovascular Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include I-Chen Yu, Hsiang-Hsi Hong, Yu-Tung Huang and Ji-Tseng Fang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-022-04711-7. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the journal Clinical Oral Investigations can be contacted at: Springer Heidelberg, Tiergartenstrasse 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, Germany.

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