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Labetalol A.14. What is the mechanism of action of the major antihypertensive drugs? C.10. During the surgery, the blood pressure increases to 220/120 mm Hg. How would you treat the hypertension? D.2. How would you manage hypertension in the intensive care unit? for controlled hypotension for hypertension in burn patients 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 craniotomy emergence in post-awake craniotomy hypertension
See Cesarean delivery fetal well-being and heart rate in in hypertensive disorders in placenta accreta syndrome 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 placenta previa in preterm birth - A.16. What tests and/or interventions can improve neonatal outcome of a preterm birth? in uterine rupture in vasa previa maternal heart disease and maternal oxygen saturation in meconium-stained amniotic fluid in retained placenta in See Cesarean delivery
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
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.6. When should surgery be considered? B.7. What surgical options are available for the treatment of disc disease or lumbar spinal stenosis?
Laparoscopic surgery adrenalectomy advantages and disadvantages of minimally invasive surgery anesthetic agents or adjuvant agents for - C.3. What anesthetic agents or adjuvant drugs are recommended for laparoscopy? Are any anesthetic agents contraindicated? appendectomy, in pregnant patient - C.11. The surgeon schedules the procedure to be performed laparoscopically. Does this pose any additional problems? bariatric (See Bariatric surgery) contraindications to conversion to laparotomy gastrectomy in asthmatic patients in pyloric stenosis local vs. regional anesthesia for - C.5. Can laparoscopy be performed under local or regional anesthesia? nitrous oxide for pregnancy and Laparoscopic surgery
Laparoscopy, definition of
Laplace equation
See Intestinal obstruction causes of See Intestinal obstruction small bowel obstruction vs.
Laryngeal edema
Laryngeal lesions, laser treatment for
Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) contraindicated, in open-eye injury contraindicated, in robotic procedures for awake craniotomy for bariatric surgery for congenital heart disease with cervical mass, in infancy on difficult airway cart
Laryngeal nerve block, for children
Laryngoscopy antihypertensive therapy and in infant with congenital heart disease and cervical mass in morbidly obese patient in post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage Laryngoscopy
Laryngospasm definition and diagnosis in cleft lip/palate closure management of
Laryngotracheobronchitis
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) advantages of alternatives to comparison with M-TURP and B-TURP - E.1. What differentiates M-TURP from B-TURP? technologies of
LAST
Lateral decubitus positioning in lung cancer (lung resection) 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 lung transplantation in posterior fossa craniotomy
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block
Laudanosine, renal failure and
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.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? A.8. What metabolic problems do patients with MO typically have? What are the roles of leptin and ghrelin in obesity? B.7. How would you adjust doses of anesthetics in the morbidly obese? Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Bariatric Anesthesia 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? A.4. What is the natural history and medical management of thoracic aneurysms? B.1. What are the indications and timing of surgical intervention for TAAs? See Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS)
Leadless pacemakers
Lean body weight (LBW) 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?
LeCompte procedure, for transposition of the great arteries
Left anterior descending (LAD) branch of the LMCA
Left atrium, pressure/time curves for A.4. What are representative P-V loops for the four valvular lesions? 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.