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Course Discription |
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This course covers the respiratory system from the standpoints of its anatomic and histological structure, functions including respiration and its mechanisms and characteristics, airway resistance, gas diffusion in the lung, and gas exchange and transport, pulmonary function tests, chemical properties of oxygen, its transport and abnormalities and respiratory alkalosis and acidosis. It also covers diseases of the respiratory tract including infections, vascular, obstructive, occupational and immune-mediated diseases, tumors of the respiratory tract and pharmacologic treatment of these diseases. The course is concluded by covering the clinical aspects of the system. |