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General Foundations of Pathology and Pathophysiology - C3VL004
Title: Obecné základy patologie a patofyziologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Pathology 3FM CU and UHKV (12-PATO)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2021
Semester: winter
Points: 13
E-Credits: 13
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:90/108, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Radoslav Matěj, Ph.D.
doc. MUDr. Jan Polák, Ph.D.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Basic course of General Pathology provides the students general principals of Pathology as a science and includes common of diseases. The course pay attention to exact terminology, stresses relation between symptoms and signs of diseases and they relation to etiology and therapeutic consequences. Pathological physiology is aimed on the general principles of development and course of the disease. Pathophysiology is the subject interconnecting theoretical and clinical tutoring and it is essential for students? education in the terms of application of theoretical medicine to praxis.
Last update: Sticová Eva, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.09.2017)
Aim of the course -

Pathology:Acquisition of basic knowledge about general principles of pathological processes and appropriate medical terminology.

Pathophysiology:  

Primary goal of the subject is to teach student theoretical and practical application of obtained knowledge of physiological processes on pathological states when pathophysiological mechanisms develop.

Secondary objective is to educate student to be able to apply skills and knowledge in the field of special experimental pathology and mainly to be competent in clinical tutoring.

Last update: Matějovská Iveta, MUDr., CSc. (21.06.2012)
Literature -

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  • C. M. Porth: Pathophysiology: concepts of altered health states (Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,2009)
  • K.L. McCance: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children (Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2018)
  • Internet web pages. http://patfyz.cz/,  http://pfyziolklin.upol.cz/, http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/; https://atlases.muni.cz/atlases/stud/atl_cz/sect_main.html; https://mefanet.lfhk.cuni.cz/clanky.php?aid=2
  • Kumar et al., Robins Basic Pathology (Elsevier 2017)
  • Strayer et al., Rubin's Pathology: Mechanisms of Human Diseases (LWW 2019)
Last update: Matěj Radoslav, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (11.12.2019)
Teaching methods -

 Lectures, seminars, practical exercises, basics of methodological work with case reports

Last update: Matějovská Iveta, MUDr., CSc. (21.06.2012)
Requirements to the exam -

Requirements for the credit of General Foundations of Pathology and Pathophysiology

 

Pathology Credit Requirements

1) The attendance at practical training is mandatory. The short term absence due to relevant reasons is excusable in 10% of the total extent of teaching (6 teaching units, i.e. three seminars and three practices). The long term absence is solved individually.

 

2) Basic knowledge of general pathology is required and will be continuously and randomly checked during the practical training by the group teacher.

 

3) Oral histopathology test held by group teacher at the end of the Pathology Course. Students should correctly describe 2 slides. The slide examination can be repeated twice (3 attempts together). The student who fails will take an oral retake exam by the head of the department or his deputy; a student, who fails this oral exam, will not get credit for school year 2019-2020.

 

4) Successful completion of a final written test composed of 90 questions. Successful completion means to answer correctly at least 60 questions. The general pathology test will be written collectively on the last lecture, on January 22, 2020. One possibility to retake the written test will be scheduled for those students who do not pass the first one successfully. If a student fails to complete successfully the written test(s), he/she will take oral exam by the head of the department or his deputy;

A student, who fails this oral examination will not get credit for school year 2019-2020.

 

After meeting all above-mentioned requirements (paragraphs 1-4), a student is awarded a credit of general pathology.

 

If a student has not received the credit from pathology, he/she has to repeat the whole course and fulfil again all above mentioned criteria.

Students who repeat exam only and have already received the credit can repeat the whole practical course only with the individual permission of the head of department or his/her authorized representative.

                                                            prof. MUDr. Radoslav Matěj, Ph.D.

 

26.9.2019

 

GENERAL FOUNDATIONS OF PATHOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Pathophysiology Credit Conditions for the year 2024-2025

The basic condition for attending the course is successful completion of the courses Cellular Basis of Medicine and Structure and Function of the Human Body.

 

The credit consists of three components that must be fulfilled: 1. active participation in the compulsory classes, 2. successful completion of the midterm and final (credit) test and 3. preparation of an independent work (see below). If the learner has not received credit and is repeating the year, he/she must complete the course in its entirety. Learners who are repeating only the exam and have received credit in the previous academic year may attend the required course only by prior arrangement with the department chair or his/her designee (for capacity reasons).

 

Assessment: learners' assessment is based equally on work during the year (A) and performance in the final oral examination (B). The final grade is the average of the A and B grades, except that in the case of a grade = 1.5 or 2.5, the final classification may be rounded down (better final grade) based on the result of the oral examination (classification 2+ or 3+, the examiner will use the + and - signs to assess the final examination).

The grade for "work during the year" (A) is weighted 15% by the independent work score, 25% by the interim test score and 60% by the final (credit) test score.

 

1. Presentation

According to the Dean's Order No. 11/2005 and 6/2006, it is possible to excuse absence from the full-time teaching that takes place at the Department of Pathophysiology on two topics. Substitution of compulsory teaching is possible with another circle, only after PRIOR arrangement with the respective lecturer and his/her approval. Substitution is no longer possible after all practicals and seminars have been completed. In very exceptional and duly justified cases worthy of special consideration (e.g. long term illness), it is possible to replace a missed attendance after the end of the teaching of a given topic by working on a paper according to the assignment of the teacher.

It also checks attendance at any distance learning sessions, so students are required to log in with their name (university login).


2. Tests:
I. In the eighth week of the semester (18.11.2024, 16:00-17:30) a test will be given on the material covered. The date of the test is listed in the schedule. Knowledge from lectures and seminars + materials provided is assumed for successful completion and corresponds to the stated learning outcomes. The result of the test is classified with points. The maximum number of points achievable in the test is 120. The minimum score for passing the test will be set by the Cohen method at 60% of the score corresponding to the 90th percentile of all learners' test scores.

If the learner fails the test, he/she will be tested orally on the content of the test and will also be graded with points (max. 120 points, min. score listed above).

 

II. Credit test: regular term in the fifteenth week (20.1.2025, from 16:00) and remedial term (28.1.2025, from 11:00) - are listed in the timetable. Students may take the credit test only after successfully completing the midterm test. The content of the test will be the knowledge from the entire semester corresponding to the specified learning outcomes. The test can be taken a maximum of two times (regular + make-up dates see above, other dates will not be announced). The result of the test is classified with points. The maximum number of points achievable in the test is 60. The minimum score for passing the test will be set by the Cohen method at 60% of the score corresponding to the 90th percentile of test scores of all learners.

Learners who fail the test even in the remedial term will be tested and graded orally to the same extent.

 

3. Independent work

The individual work of students is one of the conditions for the award of credit and enters into the evaluation of the work of students during the year with a weight of 15% and is thus reflected in the final overall grade.

Detailed description, registration and submission of the selected work is done in Moodle at this link 

In the academic year 2024/2025, there are 3 types of individual work for students to choose from, whichever they want to pursue, according to their own preferences and focus. All assignment types assume some level of collaboration between 2-5 learners. Detailed assignment and description is given for each category of work in Moodle.

1)      ACCEPT MCQs - working with generative artificial intelligence to create high quality multiple-choice questions

2)      Work ACCEPT DATA MANAGEMENT - work with generative artificial intelligence to create a Python script focused on data management, analysis and presentation

3)      Case reports - analysis of case reports with elaboration of answers to given questions

 

The enrolment of all works is possible only through Moodle. The outputs of all papers will be assessed after submission exclusively through the upload of the final paper in the Moodle environment. A maximum of 15 points can be awarded for all types of work.

Uploading of work is done by one workgroup member for the whole group (the system does not allow multiple entries per workgroup).

The deadline for submission of the finalised work is 15.12. 23:59 (after that the submitted work cannot be changed in any way).


EXAMINATION FROM THE SUBJECT "GENERAL BASICS OF PATHOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY"

In order to be eligible for the exam, students must have completed credit in both pathology and pathophysiology. The range of knowledge required for the examination is defined by the learning outcomes reflected in the examination questions. It is assumed that the learner will have acquired some knowledge through self-study (study materials and resources provided) and will be able to apply the knowledge they have gained from studying other subjects.

The examination is oral. The learner chooses 2 questions from the basics of pathology and 2 questions from the basics of pathological physiology. If the student fails in one subject, he/she will be tested again in both subjects in the next term.

 Recommended study materials:

For each topic taught (lecture + practical), specific learning outcomes are developed, including recommended study literature and resources, or materials developed by teachers on the topic. The learning outcomes are posted on the Teaching server.

General Resources:
Lectures, seminars and practicals
Materials and presentations on the server Teaching R
. Rokyta et al.: Physiology and pathological physiology for clinical practice (Grada Praha, 2015) E
.
Nečas: General Pathological Physiology (Karolinum Prague, 2009) R
. Fölsch, K. Kochsiek, R. Schmidt: Pathophysiology (Grada Praha, 2003) C
.M. Porth: Pathophysiology: concepts of altered health states (Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009)

Internet sources such as:
https://fyziologie.trimed.cz/;
https://www.youtube.com/channe...
https://www.wikilectures.eu/w/...
https://www.wikilectures.eu/w/... 

Last update: Polák Jan, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2024)
Syllabus -

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Schedule practical exercises in the academic year 2019/2020

 Week 1:

Microscopy - staining methods and tissue processing

Introduction and distribution of seminars students

 Week 2:

Microscopy - necrosis , apoptosis

Methodology of the obduction

Case report

 Week 3:

Microscopy - Metabolism of fats , protein, amyloid .

Seminar ( Student presentations )

Necropsy

 Week 4:

Microscopy - Pigments, calcification, crystals.

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 5:

Microscopy - disorders of circulation

Case report

Seminars  ( student presentations )

Necropsy

 Week 6:

Microscopy - acute inflammation

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 7:

Microscopy - inflammation and chronic granulomatous

Case report

 Week 8:

Microscopy - Selected mucosal inflammation and interstitial

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 9:

Microscopy - Pseudotumors , precancerous

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 10:

Microscopy - Mesenchymal tumors

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 11:

Microscopy - Epithelial tumors

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 12:

Microscopy - neuroectodermal tumors - tumors of the CNS , PNS

Case report

Necropsy

 Week 13:

Microscopy - germ cell tumors and tumors of endocrine tissues

Case report

Necropsy

 

Week 14:

Microscopy - leukemia, lymphoma

Credit examination

 

Week 15:

Credit week

 

General foundations of Pathology and Pathophysiology

Pathology lectures

 

YEAR III  - 2019-2020

 

Week 1

Tue  1. 10.  9.45-11,15     Introduction. Disease, etiology, pathogenesis,                                                             

                           327       Cell and tissue pathology: Apoptosis, necrosis, atrophy  (prof. Mandys)

 

THu 3.10.  9,45-11,15   Disorders of the secretory process                                                                                      

                               327       Pathology of organelles: mitochondria, peroxisomes (MUDr. Hůlková)

                          

Week 2 

Tue 8.10.  9.45-11,15       Pathology of organelles: lysosomes.                                                                           

                               SYLL      Disorders of glycogen turnover. Steatoses. (MUDr. Hůlková)

                                   

Thu 10.10.  9,45-11,15      Amyloidosis. Pathology of fibroplastic process (prof. Mandys)                               

                                327      

 

Week 3                

Tue 15.10. 9,45-11,15     Clonal composition of tissues, disorders of differentiation. Atrophy.

                                BUR  Morphology of water and mineral dysbalance  (prof. Mandys)                                                           

                                   

Thue  17.10. 9,45-11,15      Pathologic calcification, stone formation. Crystals. Stone formation.

                               BUR       Exogenous and endogenous pigments (prof. Mandys)                                                                           

                    

Week 4

Tue 22.10.  9.45-11,15    Causes and consequences of circulatory failure (MUDr.Šach)                                                                               

                                        Shock – types

 

THU  24.10.  9,45-11,15        Causes and mechanisms of inflammation. (doc.Vernerová)                                                                  

                               JON       Types of inflammatory process

 

Week 5 

Tue 29.10.  9.45-11,15     Inflammation chronic and granulomatous               (prof. Mandys)                                                  

                               BUR         TB, syphilis, leprosy, sarcoidosis

                       

      

THU 31.10.  9,45-11,15          Mucosal inflammation. Respiratory and digestive tract. (MUDr. Kujal)                               

                       JON 

        

Week 6                

Tue 5. 11.  9.45-11,15        Mucosal and superficial inflammation        (MUDr. Šach)

                               BUR       Genitourinary system. Skin. Serous membranes                                                       

                              

THU 7.11.  9,45-11,15       Interstitial Inflammation I.                                                                                                                              

               BUR                 Heart, blood vessels, breast, salivary glands, pancreas, liver.(MUDr. Hrudka)

                                         

Week 7

Tue 12.11.  9.45-11,15      Interstitial Inflammation II.                                                                          

                                JON       Kidneys, reproductive system, CNS, bones, joints  (MUDr. Eis)

    

THU  14.11.  9,45-11,15        Progressive changes - tissue repair                  (prof. Mandys)                                                  

                              327         Pseudotumors. Hypertrophy and hyperplasia

 

Week 8 

Tue  19.11.  8-9,30   Tumors - introduction. Oncogenesis Neoplastic transformation of cells. (prof. Mandys)

                               327         Precancerous conditions and lesions.  Biological properties of tumors, TNM                                                                    

                     

THU 21.11  9,45-11,15      Mesenchymal tumors - the basic characteristics  (prof. Matěj)                                                              

                      327      

      

Week 9                

Tue 26. 11.  9.45-11,15       Epithelial tumors - the basic characteristics (prof. Mandys)                                                                     

                                     327         

 THU  28.11.  9,45-11,15        Neuroectodermal tumors, CNS tumors         (doc. Matěj)                                                                            

 327

Week 10

Tue 3. 12.  9.45-11,15        Germinal and mixed tumors. Mesothelioma   (MUDr. Šach)                          

                          JON         

 

 THU  5.12.  9,45-11,15       Tumors of mucosas and glandular epithelium I. (prof.Mandys)

                            JON        Respiratory tract, digestive tract

 

Week 11              

Tue 10.12.  9.45-11,15            Tumors of the glandular and surface epithelium. (prof. Mandys)                                        

                       BUR               Mamma,  urinary tract, skin

 

TH  12.12.  9,45-11,15    Tumors of the parenchymatous organs                                                                         

                          327            Lungs, liver, salivary glands, pancreas, prostate, uterus   (MUDr. Šach)

 

 Week 12              

Tue 17. 12.  9.45-11,15      Tumors of the mesoderm and endocrine tissues        (prof. Mandys)                   

                       SYLL             

 

 TH  19.12.  19,45-11,15       Myeloproliferative syndrome, myelodysplasia (doc. Vernerová)                                                           

                     JON     

 Week 13

Tue 7. 1.  9.45-11,15          Ethiological pathology, pneumoconiosis (prof. Mandys)                                                                       

                      BUR

  TH 9.1.  9.45-11,15           Leukemia, lymphomas  (doc. Vernerová)                                                 

                               327                                                                                                      

                                   

 Week 14              

Tue 14.1.  9.45-11,15           Etiological pathology -bacterial infections . Etiological pathology – viral and mycotic infections parasites (prof. Mandys)                                                                             

                    BUR       

Th 16.1. 9,45-11,15           Disorders of immune reations.         (prof. Mandys)                                     

                           JON       

Week 15              

Tue 21. 1.  9.45-11,15       Disorders of development. Congenital anomalies          (prof. Mandys)                                                                                 

                BUR

 WED 22.1.  11,30-13         CREDIT TEST                                          BUR

                                       

 

                               

Pathophysiology:

Lectures:

 

  1. Disorders of water balance; osmolarity, Na, Cl, edema 

  2. Pathophysiology of ions: K, HCO3, Ca

  3. Reaction of the organism to the damage; (barriers) Inflammation, stress

  4. Disorders of ABB

  5. Hypertension systemic; pulmonary; venous

  6. Shock states; perfusion changes

  7. Disorders of nutrient metabolism, obesity & starvation, maldigestion, malabsorption

  8. Disorders of veget. nervous system; General regulation mechanisms; Disorders of signal transfer

  9. Disorders of regulation of respiration (disorders of ventilation)

  10. Blood gases; oxygen transport (anemia, Fe)

  11. Disorders of consciousness & sleep

  12. Introduction to ECG

  13. Urgent states, chronic states, immobilization

  14. Carcinogenesis, paraneoplastic syndrome

    15.   Consultations

 

 

 

Practicals:

 

  1. Introductory test

  2. Water and ions: Examples & cases I

  3. Water and ions: Examples & cases II

  4. Water and ions: Examples, tables & cases III

  5. Stress, inflammation: Examples, tables & cases

  6. ABB: : Examples, tables & cases I; Test: Water, ions, stress, inflammation

  7. ABB: : Examples, tables & cases II

  8. Hypertension: Examples, tables & cases

  9. Shock: Examples, tables & cases I

  10. Shock: Examples, tables & cases II

  11. Metabolism: Examples, tables & cases I; Test: ABB, hypertension, shock

  12. Metabolism: Examples, tables & cases II

  13. Veget. nervous system: Examples, tables, cases I (Shellong, Flack test)

  14. Veget. nervous system: Examples, tables, cases II

  15. Regulation of respiration: Examples & cases; apnoic pauses

  16. Blood gases: Examples & cases; tables & hypoxia I

  17. Blood gases: Examples & cases; tables & hypoxia II

  18. Consciousness & sleep: Examples & cases; Test: VNS, respiration, hypoxia

  19. ECG: Bioel. potentials, ECG curves

  20. ECG: ECG curves description

  21. ECG: disorders of rhythm: ECG curves I

  22. ECG: ischemia, hypertrophy: ECG curves II

  23. Urgent states I: cases, repetition

  24. Urgent states II: cases, repetition; Consultations; Credit test

 

General fundamentals of pathophysiology for general medicine

 

SYLLABUS

 

Water balance

Water body compartments and osmolality of body fluids

Changes in volume and osmolality of the compartments when administering iso-, hyper- and hypotonic solutions (consequences / significance)

Definition of hydration and volemia, the significance of their changes for the clinic

Dehydration of hypo-, iso-, and hyperosmolar, clinical examples

Hyperhydration of hypo-, iso- and hyperosmolar, clinical examples

Mechanisms of endocrine regulation of the water management (ADH, RAAS, ANP)

Endocrine disorders of water management:

- Diabetes insipidus, central and peripheral, SIADH

- Secondary hyperaldosteronism, Conn's syndrome, Addison's crisis

Mechanisms of edema formation: hydrostatic pressure (venous), oncotic pressure, capillary permeability, lymphatic drainage

Causes of edema: cardiac, venous, hepatic, renal, malnutrition, inflammatory, lymphatic

Ascites - possible mechanisms of formation (portal hypertension ...)

Compartment syndrome - examples, consequences

 

 

Pathophysiology of sodium, potassium and calcium

 

Endocrine causes of changes in potassium and sodium metabolism (effect of pharmacological blockage of RAAS)

Causes of potassium concentration changes: potassium intake and excretion disorders, potassium transfer between compartments

Consequences of potassium concentration changes: neuromuscular irritation, cardiovascular symptoms/ECG changes, renal significance in potassium metabolism

Possibilities of hyperkalemia therapy

Control of calcium metabolism: parathormone, calcitriol, calcitonin; free and bound calcium

Primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism

Manifestations of parathyroid hormone and calcitriol changes

Non-hormonal causes of calcemia changes: metastasis, paraneoplastic tumors, renal failure

Consequences of calcemia changes: neuromuscular irritability, renal tubular disordres and stones, smooth muscle contraction, cardiovascular effects/ECG changes, CNS effects

Causes of hyponatraemia; iso-/hypertonic hyponatraemia

Consequences of hyponatremia and its therapy

 

ABB disorders

Determination of acid-base balance disorders; anion gap and its significance

Metabolic acidosis - causes: ketoacidosis, lactate, toxic, renal, hyperchloremic (diarrhea, RTA)

Metabolic alkalosis - causes: hypochloraemic (diuretic, vomiting), hyperaldosteronism, hypovolemia, (hypoproteinaemia)

Causes and consequences of respiratory ABB disorders, therapy options

Compensation of individual types of ABB disorders: lungs, kidney, liver

Detection of combined ABB disorders, examples

Relation of ABB disorders and ion concentrations, influence of ions on ABB changes - potassium, unbound calcium, sodium, chlorides

 

 

Systemic hypertension, pulmonary hypertension

Blood pressure regulation, factors determining systolic x diastolic pressure, pressor and depressor factors

Essential hypertension, risk factors

Long-term complications of systemic hypertension:

- Myogenic reflex, hyperplasia of vessel media - hypertension fixation, endothelial dysfunction, changes in baroreceptors

- Heart hypertrophy, heart failure

- Vascular, cerebrovascular damage

- Hypertensive nephropathy; retinopathy

        Acute changes in blood pressure in systemic circulation - consequences:

Acute heart failure, myocardial infarction, hypertensive encephalopathy, CMP, nephropathy, retinopathy

Secondary hypertension:

- Renovascular; Renoparenchymatous

- Endocrine: primary hyperaldosteronism, Cushing's syndrome, pheochromocytoma,

acromegaly, hyperparathyroidism, thyreopathy

- Neurogenic (e.g. stress, intracranial hypertension)

- Hypertension in sleep apnea syndrome

- Next: Coarctation of the aorta, medical (e.g. Serotonin syndrome), preeclampsia and eclampsia

Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (pre-capillary, post-capillary, hyperkinetic), primary and secondary (causes)

Control of perfusion in pulmonary and systemic circulation (differences)


Respiratory regulation, Blood gases, Hypoxia

Respiratory regulation disorders, respiratory muscle disturbances and their innervation (examples of diseases)

Function of central and peripheral chemoreceptors, examples of their disorders and their function

Apnoic pauses (practice) - What determines the length of free apnea?

Hypercapnia, causes and consequences

Sleep apnea syndrome: Obstructive and central type, effects of apnea on the body

Pathological breathing patterns: Cheyne-Stokes breathing, Kussmaul's breathing

 

Overview of respiratory gas exchange in the lungs (ventilation, diffusion, perfusion) and its disorders:

-Hypoventilation (definitions, examples of causes), hyperventilation

- Limitations of diffusion (examples of causes), alveolo-capillary difference – physiological and pathophysiological

-  V/Q mismatch: right to left shunt and dead space, changes in blood gases, hypoxic vasoconstriction

Blood gas transport disorders, saturation hemoglobin curve, meth-Hb and carboxy-Hb

Effects of high altitude

Hypoxia, definition and division, differences:

- Hypoxic hypoxia (summary of causes)

- Transport/anemic hypoxia (basic mechanisms of anemia, examples, compensation)

- Circulatory: ischemic and stagnant (local and global causes)

- Histotoxic

Compensation and adaptation of the organism to hypoxia, side effects of adaptation

Central and peripheral cyanosis, mechanism of origin

 

Shock states

Shock - definition, shock Index

Clinical signs of shock (skin perfusion, diuresis etc.)

Hemodynamic characteristics of different types of shock (venous return, cardiac output, vascular resistance):

- Hypovolemic shock: causes, consequences of bleeding due to amount of blood loss, compensation

- Cardiogenic, obstructive (examples)

- Distributive: anaphylactic, septic, neurogenic; mechanism of origin

Compensatory mechanisms (baroreceptor reflex, neurohumoral activation, capillary changes),             importance of different types of shock

Phases of shock, decompensation, microcirculation disorders

Organ changes in shock (kidney, splanchnic area, lungs, brain), MODS

 

Inflammation and Stress

Local response to tissue damage, vascular, plasmatic and cellular component, local inflammatory manifestations

General signs of inflammation, function of acute phase proteins

The importance of interleukins in pathophysiology, clinical examples

Fever (mechanism of onset and consequences); hyperthermia

Sepsis, septic shock, SIRS

Mild chronic inflammation as the cause of the disease?

 

Stressor, stress axes, stress hormones and their effects

Acute stress reaction (allostasis), cardiovascular and metabolic changes

The relationship between stress reaction and shock

Consequences of chronic stress, increased sympathetic tone and metabolic syndrome (sleep apnea)

 

Vegetative nervous system

Anatomy of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, mediators and receptors

Effect of sympathetic and parasympathetic system on organs, regulation of perfusion (nerve x humoral)

Possibilities of therapeutic activation of parasympathetic system: deep breathing, vagal maneuvers: Valsalva's maneuver

Schellong test: practical execution and interpretation

Vasovagal and orthostatic syncopy

Examples of vegetative nervous system disorders, clinical manifestations

Horner’s triad (syndrome), pheochromocytoma, Shy-Drager syndrome and others

Vegetative system disorder due to poisoning, nicotinic and muscarinic effects

Examples: organophosphates, atropine, muscarine, cocaine

 

 

Consciousness

ARAS, the difference between quantitative and qualitative disturbances of consciousness

Glasgow coma scale (limits)

Mechanisms of intracranial and metabolic consciousness disorders (examples)

Vegetative state, locked-in syndrome, brain death

Transient disturbance of consciousness - causes of syncope and collapse

ECG

Cardiac conduction system and heart muscle, action potentials

Basic ECG curves, limb and chest leads

Determination of the electrical axis of the heart; signs of left and right ventricular hypertrophy

Description of ECG curves: rhythm, action, frequency, heart rate, intervals, morphological changes of ECG curves

Heart conduction disturbances: AV blocks and Tawara bundle branch block, pre-excitation syndrome

STEMI and NSTEMI; the development of ECG changes in cardiac ischemia

Localization of MI changes - anteroseptal / lateral / inferior infarcts

ECG changes in kalemia and calcemia changes

Disturbances of membrane potential in the heart, extra- and intra-cardiac causes of arrhythmias

Impaired heart signal generation (ectopic pacemaker, alternative rhythms, reentry)

 

Metabolism

Glycemia, its regulation and disorders

Acute complications of diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (type comparison)

Chronic complications of diabetes mellitus

Starvation (types), causes and consequences

Refeeding syndrome

Metabolic syndrome (mechanism of onset, consequences)

Obesity (measurement, causes, consequences, complications)

The importance of fatty tissue in health and illness

Qualitative and quantitative nutritional disorders (examples)

Catabolic states (overview)

 

Immobilization Syndrome:

- Definitions and causes

- Consequences for cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and excretory systems

- Changes in metabolism

- Osteoporosis; sarcopenia; pressure sores

 

General causes and consequences of acute organ failure

- heart

- lungs

- kidneys

Last update: Matěj Radoslav, prof. MUDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2019)
Entry requirements -

Successful completion (passing of the credits and exams) of subjects: Cellular Basis of Medicine and Structure and functions of human body.

Last update: Sticová Eva, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (26.09.2017)
 
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