Advanced Pathophysiology II

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Pre-requisites: ENFE 6703. The course integrates physiological concepts of disease. 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 plan of managem ent for anesthesia patients in the perioperative period. The course integrates pathological conditions, which have specific relevance for clinical decision making of anesthesia management, with emphasis on renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, reproductive, and the multiple organic dysfunction syndrome. Correlation of laboratory studies/findings with clinical manifestations of disease is integrated.