00351 - Pharmacology

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8485)

    Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)

Course contents

Basic principle of pharmacology (nomenclature, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, Absorption and distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, Pharmacodynamics, Mechanisms of action, Dose response and half-life)
Administration of pharmacological agents (Routes of administration)
Neuropharmacology (antiparkinsonian, antiepileptic, mood disorders, antipsychotic, anxiolytic, )
General and local anaesthetic
Analgesic (opiods, corticosteroids, NSAIDs)
Cardiovascular Pharmacology (antihypertensives, anticoagulant, antiarrhythmic)
Endocrine pharmacology (diabetes, oral contraceptives)
Respiratory and gastrointestinal pharmacology (asthma and allegy medications, gastrointestinal medications)
Antibiotics and chemiotherapeutic agents
Pharmacology of contrast media (gastrointestinal exams, intravascular exams, magnetic resonance exams)
Medications errors and safety
Adverse reactions and events

Teaching tools

PowerPoint

Office hours

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