Provide all the scientific informations in the field of general pathology suitable for the preparation of the student for those materials which will be used after the completion of training in the dietary field
The course is designed to provide students with a good foundation of knowledge in all aspects of Clinical Biochemistry. Introducing the fundamentals of instrumentation and methodology in the clinical chemistry and biochemistry laboratory medicine, lectures will cover urinalysis testing procedures and associated disease entities, as well as analysis of other body fluids. Clinical testing using automated and manual methods, measurement of pancreatic function and intestinal absorption, renal and liver function, enzymes, electrolytes, blood gases, lipids, toxicology, urinalysis, endocrinology, neurological, dysmetabolic, inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases.
The student must learn the biological and pathogenic characteristics of microorganisms that play a role in human pathology, with reference to bacteria, viruses and fungi. He must acquire appropriate knowledge on the relationships between microorganisms and host in normal and pathological conditions, identify the transmission pathways, know the characteristics, the activity, the mechanism of action and resistance of the main antimicrobial drugs and vaccines. The student must also know the main methods for the cultivation and identification of microorganisms.
The course also aims to illustrate the various methods of prevention of microbial infections and the main causes of infection related to specific professional activity.
lectures as per calendar
Traditional lectures, with the support of slides and educational videos of some theoretical-practical teaching topics (the films will be available on the Studium page). Students during one of the last lessons will have the opportunity to view some practical activities carried out in the laboratories of Microbiology.
-Introduction to General pathology
-Concept of homeostasis and disease
-Causes of phisical diseases
-Causes of chemical diseases
-Causes of biological diseases
-Cellular pathology
-Pathology of the extracellular matrix
-Genetic pathology
-Inflammation: classification; types of exudate; chemical mediators of inflammation; chronic inflammation and granulomas; reparative phenomena
-The fever
-Aterosclerosis
1) The use of laboratory data in clinical practice
2) Analysis of Urine
3) Biochemistry of nutrition
4) Liver function and Hepatitis tests
5) Blood cell count
6) Diabetes mellitus
7) Hypoglycemia
8) Free radicals in the physiology and in the pathology
9) Metabolism of ethanol and the pathology of alcoholism
10) Tumor markers
11) Notes on antiaging medicine.
Pontieri: Patologia Generale
Robbins: Patologia Generale
Rubin: Patologia generale
Medicina di Laboratorio, G. Federici (Autore), – Mc GrawHill Medicina di laboratorio.
Medicina di Laboratorio. La diagnosi di malattia nel laboratorio clinico, M. Laposata (Autore) - Piccin
Medicina di Laboratorio. Logica e patologia clinica, I. Antonozzi, E. Gulletta (Autori) - Piccin
Medicina dell'Aging e dell'Antiaging. V. Calabrese et al. (Autori) - Edra
Nutrigenomica e Epigenetica. V. Calabrese et al. (Autori) - Edra
1. Harvey R. H., Champe P.C., Fisher B. D., Le basi della Microbiologia, con approfondimenti clinici - Ed. Zanichelli
2. Cevenini R.. Sambri V., Microbiologia e microbiologia clinica, Per i Corsi di Laurea in professioni sanitarie – Ed. Piccin
All students can use didactic material downloadable from the Studium page at the following link: http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2018/courses/10463/