Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Pathophysiology

Code

10532

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Física

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

José Miguel de Araújo Martins, Nuno Manuel Barreiros Neuparth

Weekly hours

4

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

KNOWLEDGE: Identify the causes and describe the mechanisms of syndromes and diseases relevant to technologic innovation. Describe and interpret the main methods of funcional evaluation

SKILLS: Develop the skill to work in multidisciplinary teams with health professionals.

COMPETENCES: Develop the ability to apply knowledge of pathophysiology to the devolopment of new technologies with relevance to the functional evaluation of diseases.

Prerequisites

Students must complet Physiology previously to Pathophysiology

Subject matter

Lectures

12 march – Presentation lecture. Introduction to Problem-based Learning (PBL) applied to teaching of Pathophysiology to Biomedical Engineer students – Nuno Neuparth

19 march - Pathophysiology of coronary circulation – Hélder Dores

26 march – Pathophysiology of the cardiac pump – Hélder Dores

2 april – Pathophysiology of arrhythmias – Hélder Dores

april – Methods in cardiac function evaluation – Hélder Dores

16 april – Pathophysiology of pulmonary mechanics – Pedro Carreiro Martins

23 april – Pathophysiology of asthma – Nuno Neuparth

30 april – Pathophysiology of cough – Nuno Neuparth

7 may – Lung Function Methods – Nuno Neuparth

14 may – Pathophysiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) – Luís Abreu Novais

21 may – Pathophysiology of gastro-intestinal motility diseases – Luís Abreu Novais 

28 may – Physiological adaptations to exercise – João Beckert

4june – Technological aspects of physical stress tests – João Beckert

Bibliography

“Pathophysiology”, Damjanov WB, Saunders Co, 2008

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISEASE; McPhee SJ. Hammer D McGraw-Hill 2018

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