Corrigendum to ‘Basic pharmacology of local anaesthetics’ [BJA Education 20 (2020) 34–41]

The authors regret that errors were present in Table 1 of the above article. The correct version of Table 1 appears below:

Table 1 Physicochemical characteristics of local anaesthetics.³⁻⁵ MW, molecular weight.

	Structural classification	MW	pKa	Protein binding (%)	Partition coefficient	Onset	Elimination half-life (min)	Maximum dose without vasoconstrictor (mg kg−1)	Maximum dose with vasoconstrictor (mg kg−1)
Cocaine	Ester	303	8.6	95	–	Fast	100	1.5 (topical)	–
Chloroprocaine	Ester	271	9.1	–	17	Fast	6	11	14
Prilocaine	Amide	220	7.7	55	50	Fast	100	6	8
Lidocaine	Amide	234	7.8	70	110	Fast	100	3	7 (9 for airway topicalisation)
Mepivacaine	Amide	246	7.7	77	42	Fast	115	5	7
Bupivacaine	Amide	288	8.1	95	560	Moderate	210	2	2
Ropivacaine	Amide	274	8.1	94	230	Moderate	120	3	3
Levobupivacaine	Amide	288	8.1	95	–	Moderate	210	2	2

The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.