Lectures: 28 in total (14 x 2 hours and 14 x 1 hour) held in auditorium format (whole-class), throughout the semester. Attendance is mandatory. Lectures are accompanied by discussion of cases and exercises on real clinical problems.
Face-to-face lectures
Lectures, Attendance is mandatory
PowerPoint presentations during lectures. Student communication via University of Thessaly’s Eclass platform.
STUDENT EVALUATION
Assessment Language: Greek
Assessment Method: Multiple-choice test
Passing Grade: 50%
Assessment criteria are clearly defined and will be presented to students on the first lecture of the semester.
Objective Objectives/Desired Results:
The general aim of the course is to introduce students to the underlying mechanisms of various diseases (lungs, kidneys, cardiovascular system, water/electrolyte balance, acid-base balance). It also aims to provide the foundational knowledge necessary to understand the clinical manifestations of diseases based on these pathophysiological disturbances, with the ultimate goal of guiding appropriate therapeutic approaches.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
– Systematically and rationally approach symptoms based on pathophysiological mechanisms.
– Organize patient history, clinical examination, and lab data to support a pathophysiologically justified diagnosis.
– Design basic diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms in accordance with the disease mechanisms.
– Use appropriate terminology and conceptual understanding to explain clinical phenomena and therapeutic decisions.
– Collaborate with peers to analyze clinical cases and suggest plausible pathophysiological interpretations.
General Abilities
– Research, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using necessary technologies
– Decision making
– Independent work
– Teamwork
– Interdisciplinary collaboration
– Critical thinking and self-reflection
– Promotion of free, creative, and inductive thinking
Ventilation disorders, pulmonary circulation disorders, gas exchange disturbances, respiratory failure, pathophysiology of asthma, COPD, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary function testing.
Section 2: Renal Diseases
Pathophysiology of azotemia, tubular transport in normal and reduced nephron mass, acute kidney injury, edema pathophysiology.
Section 3: Water & Electrolyte Balance
Body fluids (volume, distribution, composition, movement), regulation of water and electrolyte balance, disorders of sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus.
Section 4: Acid-Base Balance
Plasma buffering systems, pulmonary and renal roles, acid-base balance assessment, metabolic and respiratory disturbances.
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