Advanced Pathophysiology I

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Pre-requisites: ENFE 6678, ENFE 6679, ENFE 6705. The course integrates disease physiological concepts such as etiology, pathogenesis, clinical course, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis, determination of risks factors and their clinical implications. Students will develop skills and understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms and disease processes to identify and analyze patient findings that serve as the foundations to develop a patient management plan for anesthesia patients during the perioperative period. The course covers pathological c onditions, which have specific relevance for clinical decision making of anesthesia management with emphasis on: principles of cell physiology and transport mechanisms, genetic alterations, cancer, immunity, infections/inflammatory processes and the pathop hysiology of cardiovascular, hematological, respiratory, and central nervous systems, and musculoskeletal disorders. Correlations of laboratory studies/findings with clinical manifestations of diseases are integrated.