ECTS
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Course details
Course code: VVSS00082o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Pathophysiology I
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Stanisław Graczyk
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Students learn about pathomorphological alternations (macroscopically and histologically) in various organs. They are familiar with the theory of health and disease, aetiology and the pathogenesis of illnesses. They know the dynamics of systemic processes and pathogenic mechanisms.
Competences: After the course students are able to understand pathophysiological processes taking place in sick organisms. They can conduct the basic haematological and serological tests and interpret their results.
Prerequisites: Anatomy, Histology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Course content: Concepts of health and disease. Homeostasis and disease. Pathogenesis. Adaptation in the disease. Inflammation, fever. Shock and stress of the adaptation processes. Aetiology of diseases. Metabolism disorders. Participation of vitamins and microelements in regulatory processes. Disorders of endocrine system. Disorders of water-electrolytes equilibrium. Disorders of acid-base balance. Pathophysiology of peripheral circulation. Pathophysiology of blood and hemopoetic system. Disorders of haemostasis. Etiopathogenesis of neoplasm.
Recommended literature: -Veterinary Pathophysiology – red. Dunlop R.H., Malbert Ch. H., Blackwel Publishing, 2004 -Understanding Pathophysiology – red. S. E. Huether, K.L. McCance, Mosby Elsevier, 2008 -Essentials of pathophysiology – Porth C. M., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 -Pathophysiology – Hulin I. , Slovak Academic Press, 1997 -Veterinary hematology and clinical biochemistry – Thrall M. A., Blackwel Publishing, 2006
Assessment methods: Passing grades of laboratory coursea fter each semester, final oral exam after the semester 5. Minimum passing grade: at least 60%.
Comment: This subject lasts two semesters: Pathophysiology I and Pathophysiology II.