Table 3.
The specific types of information (aside from medical conditions), dental providers (DP) requested vs. medical providers (MP) returned within the 240 medical consults.
| Laboratory and diagnostic reports | DP requests | MP returns | Recommendations | DP requests | MP returns | Medication/s related | DP requests | MP returns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 135 (56.3%) | † (%) | N = 82 (34.2%) | † (%) | N = 95 (39.6%) | † (%) | N = 46 (19.2%) | † (%) | N = 92 (38.3%) | † (%) | N = 99 (41.3%) | † (%) | |||
| HbA1c | 63 | (46.7) | 34 | (41.5) | Precautions to dental procedures | 40 | (42.1) | 14 | (30.4) | Antibiotic prophylaxis | 43 | (46.7) | 46 | (46.5) |
| Other lab values* | 50 | (37) | 22 | (26.8) | Contraindications | 29 | (30.5) | 10 | (21.7) | Medication list | 25 | (27.2) | 34 | (34.3) |
| INR/Prothrombin time | 19 | (14.1) | 9 | (11) | General recommendations for planned treatments | 19 | (20) | 19 | (41.3) | Suggest or modify medications | 13 | (14.1) | 8 | (8.1) |
| Blood pressure | 16 | (11.9) | 17 | (20.7) | ||||||||||
| CD4 counts/Viral load | 15 | (11.1) | 14 | (17.1) | ||||||||||
| Other diagnostic reports | 9 | (6.7) | 6 | (7.3) | Local anesthesia with vasoconstrictor | 10 | (10.5) | 6 | (13) | Anticoagulant medication | 11 | (12) | 14 | (14.1) |
| Echocardiogram | 8 | (5.9) | 3 | (3.7) | ||||||||||
| Ejection fraction | 3 | (2.2) | 0 | (0.0) | ||||||||||
†
Does not add up to 100% because each medical consult can have multiple requests and returns.
*
Complete blood count, liver function test, tuberculosis test, etc.