Course: Pathology

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Course title Pathology
Course code KBBV/C379
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nováková Mužáková Vladimíra, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Regressive changes (necrosis, atrophy, dystrophy), inflammation Pathology of the heart and blood vessels (atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency, hypotension - shock states, hypertension) Pathology of the digestive tract (peptic ulcer, stomach and esophagus cancer, malabsorption syndrome, peritonitis, acute abdomen, pancreatitis, liver cirrhosis) Pathology of the respiratory tract (bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung emphysema, pneumonia, asthma, respiratory insufficiency) Pathology of the urinary tract (glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, renal insufficiency) CNS pathology (epilepsy, stroke, Parkinson's disease, dementia) Pathology of the endocrine glands (pituitary pathology, adrenal, thyroid, parathyroid, endocrine pancreatic secretion - Diabetes mellitus)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to create knowledge about functioning of the human organism in selected pathological conditions, changes in continuity of functions, essentially pathological processes. Course builds on knowledge of physiology and provides an overview of the basic pathologies of the human organism.
Student is ready for study of clinical subjects - clinical biochemistry and immunology. Student gets knowledge about basic pathological processes.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Written test
Recommended literature
  • Bártová, Jarmila. Patologie pro bakaláře. Praha: Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0794-8.
  • Silbernagl, Stefan. Atlas patofyziologie člověka. Praha: Grada, 2001. ISBN 80-7169-968-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Laboratory Assistant (2015) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Laboratory Assistant (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Laboratory Assistant (2016) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Laboratory Assistant (2014) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer