Guidelines and the adoption of ‘lipid rescue’ therapy for local anaesthetic toxicity
Why the study?
Does the publication of national guidelines accelerate the adoption of lipid emulsion therapy for local anaesthetic toxicity in NHS hospitals?
Population
66 NHS hospitals delivering acute care within London and its penumbra
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform guideline strategies to promote innovations; leaves open causal effects beyond this observational setting.
Structured PICO
Does the publication of national guidelines accelerate the adoption of lipid emulsion therapy for local anaesthetic toxicity in NHS hospitals?
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Population
66 NHS hospitals delivering acute care within London and its penumbra
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Intervention
Publication of national guidelines and editorial recommending lipid emulsion therapy for local anaesthetic toxicity
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Outcome
Adoption of lipid emulsion therapy ('lipid rescue')
National guidelines and editorials can rapidly accelerate the adoption of new clinical innovations, such as lipid rescue for local anaesthetic toxicity.
Cite This Study
Picard et al. (2009) studied this question.