- Docente: Gaetano La Manna
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Long cycle 2nd degree programme in Medicine (cod. 0080)
Learning outcomes
Course contents
1. Control systems of the acid-base equilibrium.
2. Compensation mechanisms of the acid-base equilibrium.
3. Pathological conditions that modify the acid-base equilibrium.
4. Clinical risk of the modification of the acid-base equilibrium.
5. Metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis.
6. Respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis.
7. Practice on normal hemogasanalysis.
8. Practice on pathologic hemogasanalysis.
9. Clinical cases of acid-base equilibrium alteration.
10. How to take an arterial blood sample on a dummy.
Readings/Bibliography
- Braunwald Eugene. Harrison. Principi di medicina interna. 15^ edizione 2004. Malattie del rene e delle vie urinarie. McGraw-Hill Companies.
- Schena Francesco P, Selvaggi Francesco P. Malattie dei reni e delle vie urinarie. 3^ edizione 2003 McGraw-Hill Companies.
Teaching methods
The course is made up of a theoretical part which foresees that the lessons deal with diagnosing the main pathologies by hemogasanalysis. The students will also have the chance to visit the nephrological units during practical lessons in which will be discussed technical and clinical topics related to the hemogasanalytic features.
Assessment methods
There will be a multiple choice quiz.
Teaching tools
Overhead projector, PC.
Office hours
See the website of Gaetano La Manna