Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
BIO/14 (PHARMACOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (26/09/2022 - 13/01/2023)
Lesson hours
8 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Follow Pharmacokinetic lessons or have pharmacokinetic knowledge.
Learning outcomes
The course's objective is understanding the use of pharmacokinetic drug monitoring in choosing the correct dose regimen in the individual patient.
Course contents
Therapeutic drug monitoring, definition. Therapeutic ranges and reference ranges. TDM procedure, assay methods. Examples of drugs monitored. Theoretical background needed to make clinically useful TDM. Individual therapeutic concentration. Example of drug with non-linear kinetics.
Teaching methods
Lectures carried out through presentations (PowerPoint) projected on the screen and possible further information using the blackboard or with other systems in relation to the COVID-19 emergency.
Reccomended or required readings
Laurence Brunton et al., Goodman and Gilman's Le basi farmacologiche della terapia, 13a Edizione, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2019.
M. Fuccella, E. Perucca, C. Sirtori - Farmacologia Clinica. UTET 2006.
Assessment methods
The exam will be carried out together with the other pharmacology modules 1 in a single test.
It will be a written test which will include multiple choice questions and open questions.
The evaluation will be carried out with a weighted average in relation to the number of credits of each party. Graphics is emphasized: the student must know how to draw plasma concentration - time curves, etc.
Further information
The lecturer will provide .pdf presentations and other study materials of the topics discussed.
He receives by appointment in the presence or via the internet (Zoom platform) and can be contacted by email at prof.fausto.feletti@universitadipavia.it.
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