08068 - Applied Physiology (A-K)

Academic Year 2013/2014

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

The aim of course is to teach the knowledge and skills necessary to determine the major human physiological variables.

Course contents

Electrocardiography: theory and practice.

Measurement of blood pressure.

Spirometry: theory and practice.

Readings/Bibliography

B. M. Koeppen, B. A. Stanton. Berne and Levy Physiology, 6th revised edition, 2010 

Teaching tools

Students will use:

electrocardiograph,

multiparameter monitor,

spirometer,

sphygmomanometer.

Office hours

See the website of Chiara Berteotti