- Docente: Alberto Vaccheri
- Credits: 2
- SSD: BIO/14
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 9201)
Learning outcomes
The course provides knowledge of the basic principles of pharmacology, with special attention to the drugs used in gynecology, midwifery and neonatology, and with attention to teratogenicity and toxicity of drugs
Course contents
Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs
Main pharmacokinetic parameters: bioavailability, volume of distribution, AUC, Cmax, Tmax, clearance)
Pharmacodynamics: mechanisms of drug action, agonists, antagonists, relation between drug concentration and effect
Drug-drug interactions
Drug toxicityi: classification of adverse drug reactions and principles of post-marketing drug surveillance
General principles of drug use in pregnancy, paediatrics, geriatrics
Experimentation of new drugs before and after marketing authorisation
Access to drug therapy by citizens and prescribing rules; Reimbursement of medicinal products by the National Health System
Drugs acting on the central nervous system
Hypnotics and sedatives, Opioid analgesics, Generali and local anesthetics, Antidepressant agents, Antiepileptics
Drug therapy of inflammation
Non steroidal antiiflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol; Antiinflammatory corticosteroids
Cardiovascular agents
Diuretics; Antihypertensive agents; Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs
Hormonal therapy
Drug therapy od diabetes; Hypotalamic and adenohypophyseal hormones; Estrogens, progestinis and oral contraceptives
Drugs affecting uterine motility
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
General principles og antimicrobial chemotherapy; Antimicrobial agents: antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral agents
Readings/Bibliography
Waller D.G., Renwick A.G., Hillier K. FARMACOLOGIA MEDICA ED ELEMENTI DI TERAPIA. (Ediz. Italiana) Elsevier, Milano, 2011.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test consisting of 60 questions selected among the contents of the course
Teaching tools
Teaching material (access restricted to UNIBO student) can be downloaded at: campus.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Vaccheri