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Labetalol A.14. What is the mechanism of action of the major antihypertensive drugs? D.2. How would you manage hypertension in the intensive care unit? for hypertension in burn patients in craniotomy emergence C.10. During the surgery, the blood pressure increases to 220/120 mm Hg. How would you treat the hypertension? for controlled hypotension for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair - C.3. What are the specific considerations for anesthetic management and monitoring of the patient presenting for open TAAA repair? in post-awake craniotomy hypertension
See Cesarean delivery fetal well-being and heart rate in in placenta accreta syndrome in placenta previa in uterine rupture maternal heart disease and meconium-stained amniotic fluid in See Cesarean delivery in hypertensive disorders in placental abruption - A.3. How would you quickly differentiate and diagnose the most urgent, concerning, and likely etiologies of this patient's antepartum bleeding? in preterm birth - A.16. What tests and/or interventions can improve neonatal outcome of a preterm birth? in vasa previa maternal oxygen saturation in retained placenta in
Laminectomy B.6. When should surgery be considered? B.7. What surgical options are available for the treatment of disc disease or lumbar spinal stenosis?
Laminotomy B.4. What are some of other approaches in minimally invasive interventions? B.7. What surgical options are available for the treatment of disc disease or lumbar spinal stenosis? B.6. When should surgery be considered?
Laparoscopic surgery advantages and disadvantages of minimally invasive surgery appendectomy, in pregnant patient - C.11. The surgeon schedules the procedure to be performed laparoscopically. Does this pose any additional problems? contraindications to gastrectomy in pyloric stenosis nitrous oxide for Laparoscopic surgery adrenalectomy anesthetic agents or adjuvant agents for - C.3. What anesthetic agents or adjuvant drugs are recommended for laparoscopy? Are any anesthetic agents contraindicated? bariatric (See Bariatric surgery) conversion to laparotomy in asthmatic patients local vs. regional anesthesia for - C.5. Can laparoscopy be performed under local or regional anesthesia? pregnancy and
Laplace equation
See Intestinal obstruction See Intestinal obstruction causes of small bowel obstruction vs.
Laryngeal edema
Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) contraindicated, in open-eye injury for awake craniotomy for congenital heart disease with cervical mass, in infancy contraindicated, in robotic procedures for bariatric surgery on difficult airway cart
Laryngeal nerve block, for children
Laryngoscopy in infant with congenital heart disease and cervical mass in post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage antihypertensive therapy and in morbidly obese patient Laryngoscopy
Laryngospasm definition and diagnosis management of in cleft lip/palate closure
Larynx anatomy, adult vs. newborn - C.2. What are the anatomic characteristics of the airway in the newborn and how do they differ from those in the adult? structural anomalies of
Laser-resistant endotracheal tubes
Laser TURP (L-TURP) alternatives to technologies of advantages of comparison with M-TURP and B-TURP - E.1. What differentiates M-TURP from B-TURP?
Lateral decubitus positioning in lung cancer (lung resection) in lung transplantation in lung cancer (lung resection) - C.12. The patient was placed in the lateral decubitus position. Describe the effects of lateral positioning on pulmonary blood flow and respiration. in posterior fossa craniotomy
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block
See Lean body weight (LBW) A.12. What changes occur in the cardiovascular system of the patient with obesity? Discuss cardiac output, blood volume, blood pressure, and pulmonary arterial pressure. A.8. What metabolic problems do patients with MO typically have? What are the roles of leptin and ghrelin in obesity? Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Bariatric Anesthesia A.2. Define the terms overweight, obesity, morbid obesity (MO), super obesity, super-super obesity, normal weight, ideal body weight (IBW), and lean body weight (LBW). What is the impact of obesity on society? B.7. How would you adjust doses of anesthetics in the morbidly obese? See Lean body weight (LBW)
See Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) A.3. What is the pathogenesis of aortic aneurysms and what genetic conditions predispose to their formation? B.1. What are the indications and timing of surgical intervention for TAAs? A.4. What is the natural history and medical management of thoracic aneurysms? See Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS)
Leadless pacemakers
Lean body weight (LBW) B.7. How would you adjust doses of anesthetics in the morbidly obese? A.2. Define the terms overweight, obesity, morbid obesity (MO), super obesity, super-super obesity, normal weight, ideal body weight (IBW), and lean body weight (LBW). What is the impact of obesity on society?
Left anterior descending (LAD) branch of the LMCA
Left atrium, pressure/time curves for A.5. Draw the pressure/time curves for the LV, left atrium (LA), pulmonary artery (PA), and aorta for a normal patient and for patients with each of the four valvular lesions. A.4. What are representative P-V loops for the four valvular lesions?
Left-heart bypass (LHB), in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair C.2. How is open repair of thoracic aneurysms performed? C.3. What are the specific considerations for anesthetic management and monitoring of the patient presenting for open TAAA repair?
Left main coronary artery
Left ventricle function, evaluation of - B.2. How would you evaluate the patient's left ventricular function? loading conditions in valvular heart disease - A.2. What are the major changes in the loading conditions of the LV that result from the four different lesions? Why do they occur? What changes result from them? morbid obesity and venting, in CABG in perioperative myocardial infarction - D.6. How would you manage a patient with a suspected PMI? monitoring, in CABG - C.I-9. Discuss the principles and clinical applications of intraoperative two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). TEE vantage points for imaging
Left ventricular ejection fraction, hypertension and intubation effects on
Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) A.5. Draw the pressure/time curves for the LV, left atrium (LA), pulmonary artery (PA), and aorta for a normal patient and for patients with each of the four valvular lesions. A.4. What are representative P-V loops for the four valvular lesions? B.2. How would you evaluate the patient's left ventricular function?
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Laparoscopy, definition of