SCIENZE DI MEDICINA DI LABORATORIO

Academic Year 2021/2022 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 6
Scientific field
  • BIO/12 - Clinical biochemistry and molecular biology
  • MED/05 - Clinical pathology
  • MED/08 - Pathology
Taught classes: 42 hours
Term / Semester:
ENGLISH VERSION

Learning Objectives

  • Clinical Biochemistry

    The course is designed to provide students with a good foundation of knowledge in all aspects of Clinical Biochemistry. Introducing the fundamentals of instrumentation and methodology in the clinical chemistry and biochemistry laboratory medicine, lectures will cover urinalysis testing procedures and associated disease entities, as well as analysis of other body fluids. Clinical testing using automated and manual methods, measurement of pancreatic function and intestinal absorption, renal and liver function, enzymes, electrolytes, blood gases, lipids, toxicology, urinalysis, endocrinology, neurological, dysmetabolic, inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases.

  • Clinical Pathology

    The course develops skills in the Clinical Pathology aiming to teach the student to apply, evaluate and interpret the laboratory tests used to study of the main diseases of the blood, alterations of the coagulative-fibrinolytic system, changes in liver and kidney function, some endocrinopathies, dyslipidemia, myocardial infarction, autoimmune diseases and cancer.


Course Structure

  • Clinical Biochemistry

    frontal teaching, elaboration and individual study

  • Clinical Pathology

    The lessons are held in the classroom with the help of PDF presentations made available to students on the Studium portal. The presentations do not replace the reference texts, but serve as educational support for the program carried out. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

    Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.


Detailed Course Content

  • Clinical Biochemistry

    1) The use of laboratory data in clinical practice
    2) Analysis of Urine
    3) Biochemistry of nutrition
    4) Liver function and Hepatitis tests

    5) Blood cell count

    6) Diabetes mellitus
    7) Hypoglycemia
    8) Free radicals in the physiology and in the pathology
    9) Metabolism of ethanol and the pathology of alcoholism

    10) Tumor markers
    11) Notes on antiaging medicine.

  • Clinical Pathology

    Laboratory analysis: definition, typology

    Collection and conservation of biological samples

    Preanalytical, analytical and biological variability

    Complete blood count test

    Plasma proteins and electrophoresis

    Hemostasis test

    Blood groups and compatibility testing

    Urine analysis and functional kidney test

    The functional liver and viral hepatitis tests

    Diabetes: diagnosis and follow up test

    Autoimmune disease test


Textbook Information

  • Clinical Biochemistry

    Medicina di Laboratorio, G. Federici (Autore), – Mc GrawHill Medicina di laboratorio.

    Medicina di Laboratorio. La diagnosi di malattia nel laboratorio clinico, M. Laposata (Autore) - Piccin

    Medicina di Laboratorio. Logica e patologia clinica, I. Antonozzi, E. Gulletta (Autori) - Piccin

    Medicina dell'Aging e dell'Antiaging. V. Calabrese et al. (Autori) - Edra

    Nutrigenomica e Epigenetica. V. Calabrese et al. (Autori) - Edra

  • Clinical Pathology

    1. Federici G. Medicina di Laboratorio. Mc Graw-Hill Companies

    2. Sacchetti L., Cavalcanti P. et. al. Medicina di laboratorio e diagnostica genetica. Sorbona

    2. Laposata M. Medicina di Laboratorio. Piccin

    3. Antonozzi I. Medicina di Laboratorio. Piccin

    5. Balestrieri et al. Diagnostica Molecolare nella Medicina di Laboratorio. Piccin