Nursing REPLICA N - ASL ROMA 4 - BRACCIANO (RM)

INFLAMMATION. Angioflogosis and histophlogosis. The cells of the inflammatory response. Chemical mediators of inflammation. Systemic manifestations of inflammation. Monitoring of inflammatory processes: leukocytosis, acute phase proteins and ESR. Reparative processes and wound healing. PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY. Cellular and molecular components of innate and acquired immunity. Hypersensitivity reactions. Examples of autoimmune diseases. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: the fever Diabetes atherosclerosis

Knowledge of fundamental biological phenomena, basic knowledge of biochemistry and cell biology, basic knowledge of chemistry.

Il corso si svolge in lingua italiana, non sono previsti testi in inglese

Mandatory attendance

The evaluation will take place with a multiple choice written test. An integration of the test with an oral exam may be evaluated with the student. Scores range from 18 to 30.

The professor held lectures in person with the help of PPTX presentations

Homeostasis. Causes of diseases: radiation; high and low temperatures; electricity and chemicals. Pathology of bacterial and viral infections. Genetic pathology. Hereditary transmission of pathological characters. Non-hereditary congenital pathology. Chromosomal abnormalities: molecular pathology of hereditary diseases. Types of inheritance. Reversible and irreversible damage. Cellular response to damage. Morphology of cell damage. Cell adaptation. Atrophy. Hypertrophy. Hyperplasia. Metaplasia. Dysplasia. Necrosis and apoptosis. Cell degeneration. accumulation mechanisms. Stages of the inflammatory process. Acute and chronic inflammation. Cells involved in inflammatory processes. Chemical mediators of inflammation. Healing mechanisms. The neoplastic cell: morphology and characteristics. Cellular and tissue atypia. Benign tumors and malignant tumors. Oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Definition and classification of neoplasms. Concepts of mutation, promotion and progression. Invasion and Metastasis. General pathophysiology of metabolism. Pathophysiology of thermoregulation. Endocrine pathophysiology. Pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus.

Students must have passed the basic exams and possess basic knowledge of cellular and molecular biology.

Support material provided by the teacher.

Compulsory attendance lectures. Students have to attend at least 66% of lectures to take the exam.

Multiple choice test

Interactive face to face lectures supported by power point presentations.