TY - JOUR AU - Abbas, Sana AU - Akram, Amjad AU - Abbas, Beenish AU - Fayyaz, Mohsin AU - Mehmood, Basit AU - Hayat, Umer PY - 2021/10/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - LOCAL ANAESTHETIC SYSTEMIC TOXICITY AWARENESS AMONG CLINICAL PRACTITIONERS: LAST – Critical Management JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 71 IS - 5 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v71i5.4035 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/4035 SP - 1642-46 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> to assess comprehension of local anaesthetic systemic toxicity among clinical practitioners.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Tertiary Care Institute, from Dec 2019 to Mar 2020.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> Methodology constituted of a web-based questionnaire. A pilot study carried out at 15-20 participants forquestionnaire validation and reviewed by independent experts for face validity, a final questionnaire comprised of 10 multiple-choice questions in addition to demographic profile.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 950 participants participated in the study and data was extracted from their responses. Out of 738 (77.8%) participants declared that they are unaware of local anaesthetic systemic toxicity complication, 26 (2.7%) encountered local anaesthetic systemic toxicity and 185 (19.5%) never experienced. Ninety (9.5%) were aware of the availability and utilization of 'Lipid Emulsion' therapy to treat ‘Local Anaesthetic Systemic Toxicity’ (LAST).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Although clinicians have significant awareness level regarding local anaesthetic toxicity but unfortunately compliance with management of this life-threatening complication is deficient.</p> ER -