Assessment of Awareness of Local Anaesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST) among Postgraduate Trainees

Table 1

Participants’ demographic data and frequency of LA use.

Characteristics	Total	Surgical	Ortho	ENT	OBGYN	Anaesth	P value
	(n=134)	(n=17)	(n=37)	(n=19)	(n=17)	(n=44)
Average years of service	6.22 ± 2.2	5.6 ± 2.1	6.6 ± 2.3	6.0 ± 3.1	6.9 ± 1.7	6.0 ± 1.9	0.257
Frequency of LA use
More than 3 times a week	44 (32.8%)	1 (5.9%)	7 (18.9%)	3 (15.8%)	4 (23.5)	29 (65.9%)	<0.001
1–3 times a week	55 (41.0%)	9 (52.9%)	18 (48.6%)	11 (57.9%)	4 (23.5)	13 (29.5%)
At least once a month	35 (26.1%)	7 (41.2%)	12 (32.4%)	5 (26.3%)	9 (52.9)	2 (4.5%)

Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or frequency (percentage).