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Originally Posted by Kick 6
Prescribing practices of a majority of the dentists on pre-meds has not changed. A search showed incidence rates of 4.6/100000y with a significant linear incidence increase in 2017. Death rate was 1.2/1000 and in an increasing trend. Those caused by dental procedure would be very low.
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That is what I have been trying to educate the physicians about for many years. I haven't personally heard of a death due to lack of premedication. However I do know of death due to anaphylactic shock as a result of taking high dose of premedication.
I always have the cardiologist or orthopedist assume the risk of death and write the prescription for the patient. And when I've presented my concerns they have also said they don't want to assume the risk. Gotta love our litigious society.