PHARMACOLOGY
cod. 21971

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Farmacologia (BIO/14)
Field
Primo soccorso
Type of training activity
Characterising
15 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY

Learning objectives

To provide the students with a basic knowledge of the most common drugs used in the obstetric-gynaecologic medical practice.

Prerequisites

Examinations of the preceeding year to be passed

Course unit content

<br />1. Pathways and neurotransmitters of pain<br />2. Opioid drugs<br />3. Non-opioid analgesics<br />4. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs<br />5. Drugs acting on uterine contractility<br />6. Agonists and antagonists of alpha and beta adrenergic receptors<br />7. Prostaglandins<br />8. Oxytocin and oxytocin receptor antagonists<br />9. General aspects of abtibacterial drugs

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />1. Katzung BG Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 9° ed. McGraw -Hill, Inc 2004<br />2. Lullman H & e Mohr K: Taschenatlas der Pharmakologie. George Thieme Verlag 2001.<br />3. Amico-Roxas M, Caputi A, Del Tacca M. Compendio di Farmacologia generale e speciale. UTET, 2005

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