3.0 credits
30.0 h
2q
Teacher(s)
Feron Olivier ;
Moniotte Stéphane (coordinator) ;
Language
Français
Main themes
Purpose of the matter
General pathophysiology teaching aims at presenting most common disorders, emphasizing the logical and temporal relationships between etiology, pathophysiology and clinical symptoms (natural course of the disease). Consequently, diagnostic approach and therapeutical principles are discussed.
Aims
To acquire the knowledge and the skills allowing to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of common disorders, the rational of diagnostic approach and therapeutics.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Lectures covering most common disorders useful for students in pharmacy and biomedical sciences : arterial hypertension - heart failure - ischemic cardiomyopathy - emphysema - chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma - gastroduodenal ulcer - malabsorption - liver and biliary diseases - diabetes - thyroid disorders - renal disorders - blood and rheumatic diseases - neoplastic disorders.
Other information
Requisite : knowledge of cytology, histopathology, anatomy, biochimistry and human physiology.
References : GUYTON, Human physiology and mechanisms of diseases.
RUBBINS, Pathologic basis of disease.
Exam : multiple choice questions.
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