Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BIOCHEMISTRY	Second cycle	EBK520		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Associate Professor BEHZAT ÇİMEN
Lecturer(s)	Associate Professor BEHZAT ÇİMEN
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	The emphasis of this course will be on theoretical subject. The class meets for three lectures a week, each consisting of 50-minute sessions. During the course, interactive training techniques and various audio-visual materials will be used.
Course objective	The objective of this course is to teach the student the mechanisms involved in maintenance of body fluid and pH, acid-base homeostasis. The objective of this course is to teach the student pathophysiology and assessment of fluid and electrolyte balance through coverage of major clinical problems.
Course description	Only postgraduate students are accepted for the course

Course contents

1	Fluid and electrolyte balance: concepts and vocabulary
2	Water and sodium balance
3	Hyponatraemia: pathophysiology
4	Hyponatraemia: management and evaluation
5	Hypernatraemia
6	EXAM
7	Hyperkalaemia, hypokalaemia
8	Intravenous fluid therapy
9	Investigation of renal function
10	Urinalysis
11	Acute renal failure, chronic renal failure
12	Acid-base concepts and vocabulary
13	Metabolic acid-base disorders, acid-base disorders: diagnosis
14	Calcium regulation and hypocalcaemia, hypercalcaemia
15	FİNAL EXAMINATION
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	to teach the student the mechanisms involved in maintenance of body fluid and pH, acid-base homeostasis. In addition, to teach the student pathophysiology and assessment of fluid and electrolyte balance through coverage of major clinical problems.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	3	42
Homework	5	5	25
Presentation / seminar	5	10	50
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	15	15
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			198
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	20
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Norma Milligan Metheny. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2000. John W Baynes, Marek H Dominiczak. Medical Biochemistry. Third Edition. Elsevier Publishing.2009. Prof.Dr.Feray Gökdoğan. Hemşireler için Sıvı ve Elektrolit Dengesi. Alter yayıncılık. 2007. William J Marshall, Stephen K Bangert. Clinical Biochemistry. Sixth edition. Elsevier Publishing. 2008. William J. Marshall, Stephen K. Bangert. Clinical biochemistry: metabolic and clinical aspects. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone. 2008. Swaminathan, R. Handbook of clinical biochemistry. 3rd ed. New Delhi, Oxford Univ. 2005. Thomas M. Devlin. Textbook of biochemistry with clinical correlations. Hoboken:Wiley .2006.
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