Local anaesthesia systemic toxicity (LAST) in a pregnant
woman following lignocaine administration

Joanna Glück; Olga Branicka; Radosław Gawlik

doi:10.5114/pja.2026.161697

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Local anaesthesia systemic toxicity (LAST) in a pregnant woman following lignocaine administration

Joanna Glück

¹

,

Olga Branicka

¹

,

Radosław Gawlik

¹

Department of Internal Disease, Allergology, and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Alergologia Polska – Polish Journal of Allergology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2026.161697

Online publish date: 2026/05/13

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Local anaesthesia systemic toxicity (LAST) in a pregnant woman following lignocaine administration

Joanna Glück 1 , Olga Branicka 1 , Radosław Gawlik 1

Joanna Glück

¹

,

Olga Branicka

¹

,

Radosław Gawlik

¹