CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
MED/46 (LABORATORY MEDICINE TECHNIQUES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Course
BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
(04/10/2021 - 21/01/2022)
ECTS
3
Lesson hours
24 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Teacher
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
The student
1) will know the role of the laboratory in the clinical workup of patients, as well as in the assessment of health status
2) will know the clinical chemistry tools needed to the diagnosis, prognostic stratification, and assessment of response to therapy in most common disease
Course contents
1. Assessment of the diagnostic performance of laboratory tests according to the clinical setting and prevalence of disease.

Laboratory Medicine in
2. monoclonal gammapathies
3. cardiology
4. nephrology
5. liver diseases
6. endocrinology
7. bone disease and calcium metabolism

8. Coagulation
9. Tumor markers
10. Plasma proteins as markers of disease
11. Development of novel markers, clinical proteomics
Teaching methods
• Frontal lectures
• Clinical case discussions
Reccomended or required readings
Elisabetta Albi
Biochimica Clinica Essenziale
Zanichelli
Assessment methods
Written exam
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030