Maximum permissible dose of lignocaine that can be given with adrenaline:: (A) 4 mg/kg, (B) 4.5 mg/kg, (C) 7 mg/kg, (D) 10 mg/kg
Answer is C. For a normal healthy adult,
The maximum dose of lignocaine with adrenaline should not exceed 7 mg/kg body weight and not to exceed 500 mg.
Without adrenaline, it should not exceed 4.4mg/kg body weight and not to exceed 300 mg.
Reference: Monheim’s 7th ed page no 148