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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.
Left circumflex (CX) branch of the LMCA
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 upper extremity ischemia, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair and
Left ventricle function, evaluation of - B.2. How would you evaluate the patient's left ventricular function? in perioperative myocardial infarction - D.6. How would you manage a patient with a suspected PMI? 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? monitoring, in CABG - C.I-9. Discuss the principles and clinical applications of intraoperative two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). morbid obesity and TEE vantage points for imaging venting, in CABG
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
Left ventricular ejection fraction, hypertension and intubation effects on
Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) 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. B.2. How would you evaluate the patient's left ventricular function?
Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV)
Left ventricular end-systolic pressure (LVESP)
Left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV)
Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, in transposition of the great arteries A.1. What defines the cardiac situs? A.10. What is the differential diagnosis of d-TGA and how is the diagnosis made? A.11. What preoperative interventions can help stabilize a patient with d-TGA? A.2. What is dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA)? D.5. What are the long-term outcomes after Rastelli repair for patients with d-TGA with left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction?
Leptomeningeal pathways
Leukotriene receptor antagonists, preoperative use of
Levalbuterol, for intraoperative bronchospasm
See Left-heart bypass, in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair (LHB) 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?
Lidocaine
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Liposomal bupivacaine
Lisinopril A.14. What is the mechanism of action of the major antihypertensive drugs? B.10. What instructions should the patient be given with regard to continuing or discontinuing lisinopril in the perioperative period? B.7. If the patient who is on lisinopril develops hypotension intraoperatively, how would you manage it?
Liver disease. See specific diseases