| TBMT09 | Physiological pressures and flows, 6 ECTS credits. /Fysiologiska tryck och flöden/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 80 |
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Area of Education: Medicine Subject area: Biomedical Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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| Aim: The course aims at describing pressures and flows in the circulatory, respiratory, digestive and endocrine systems. Techniques used for measuring such flows and pressures. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Anatomy and Physiology Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course comprises lectures and demonstrations (50h) and laboratory work (16h). |
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| Course contents: Circulation: Hemodynamics, measurements and clinical applications, fluid mechanics in the circulatory system, models of the circulatory system. Respiration: respiration physiology, respiratory disease and measurements. Digestion: gastric disease, esophagus physiology and diagnosis. Measurement techniques. Endocrines: Models and measurements. |
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| Course literature: Monitoring of Respiration and Circulation by J.A. Blom (CRC Press, 2004) Chapters from the Biomedical Engineering handbook (2000) which will be handed out on the lectures. Both book can be accessed via the internet for LiU students. |
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| Written examination Labratory work |
4 ECTS 2 ECTS |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IMT. Director of Studies: Göran Salerud Examiner: Per Ask Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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