08068 - Applied Physiology (L-Z)

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • 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

Electrocardiogram

Physics of electrocardiography: volume conduction, equivalent electric dipole and electric field vector. Recording techniques of cardiac electrical activity: bipolar derivations, monopolar augmented and precordial leads. Instantaneous mean vector and genesis of the waveforms in bipolar derivations. Calculation of mean cardiac vector (ventricular electrical axis).

Spirometry

Determination of flow-volume curves. Direct and indirect spirometry: measurement of lung volumes and capacities.

Measurement of blood pressure

Measurement of blood pressure with Riva-Rocci method.

Readings/Bibliography

Berne & Levy Physiology, (B.M. Koeppen and B.A. Stanton, Editors) 6th revised edition, Philadelphia, Mosby Elsevier, 2010 (ISBN: 032307362X).

Agnati, FISIOLOGIA CARDIOVASCOLARE, Piccin (ISBN: 978-88-299-1294-0)

Teaching methods

The Course of Applied Physiology (1CFU) consisting in 17 hours of Laboratory Practicals, either shown to large groups of students or directly performed by small groups of students.

Assessment methods

Students take a final oral examination at the end of the Second term. In the oral exams students will be questioned on topics selected with a weighted random procedure (two topics of Systems Physiology and Applied Physiology) by a different examiner for each topic.

Teaching tools

Teaching tools used for lectures: digital Video projectors, PC, Overhead digital projector and camera.

Equipment for Laboratory Practicals: Volume and Flow Spirometers; Electrocardiography machines; Blood pressure manometers; Pulse oximetry equipment.

Set of slides concerning each topic of the Course Program can be downloaded from the website http://campus.unibo.it [http://campus.unibo.it/] by students enrolled at the University of Bologna (University institutional username and password required).

Office hours

See the website of Stefania Trazzi