Medical Pathophysiology

The course will provide : 1. the principles of the clinical approach to diagnosis and treatment of neoplasms and their complications; 2. the knowledge of the main pathophysiological bases of cardiovascular, respiratory and gastroenterological diseases and their application to clinical practice focusing on the laboratory diagnostic aspects; 3. the knowledge of the clinical presentation and the pathophysiology of the main endocrine diseases, of the most important hormonal tests and of the main dynamic testing and imaging techniques; 4. the knowledge of the main changes associated with renal diseases, and the most relevant electrolyte and acid-base derangements; 5. the basis to understand the molecular and biological mechanisms of blood diseases and their classification systems, in order to acquire the information for carrying out laboratory diagnostic tests useful for characterizing these forms.

At the end of the course the student must be able to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the main pathologies of organs and systems, with particular regard to those aspects that constitute the biological foundation and the object of the laboratory diagnostic approach.