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Jun 17, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 1 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PSC 6120 Pathophysiology I
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
The first in a two-course sequence that teaches understanding of disease process and trauma in humans as the basis for medical treatment. Etiology, clinical manifestations, complications, diagnostic findings and common treatment are reviewed by body systems and developmental stages. This course focuses on mechanisms of tissue injury to organs and organ systems during selected disease states with the goal of providing students with a rationale for drug therapy. Emphasis is placed on cell pathology, inflammation, neoplasm, and the cardiovascular, respiratory, GI, and hepatobiliary systems during the disease process.
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