Course unit title Level of course unit Course unit code Type of course unit Semester of course unit Local credit ECTS credit Syllabus
CLINICAL ENZYMOLOGY Second cycle EBK618 1 8.00 8.00 Print
   
Description of course unit
Prerequisites and course requisities None
Language of instruction Turkish
Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. BEHZAT ÇİMEN
Lecturer(s) Assoc. Prof. Dr. 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 use of enzymes in the diagnosis of disease and clinical problems.
Course description Only postgraduate students are accepted for the course

Course contents
1 The use of enzymes in clinical diagnosis.
2 Factors affecting enzyme levels in plasma or serum.
3 Selection of enzyme tests. Techniques of enzyme assay. Measurement of isoenzymes and isoforms.
4 PLASMA ENZYMES AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS: Determination of the level of these enzymes is used for diagnosis of heart, liver, skeletal muscle, etc. The level of these enzymes in plasma correlates with the extent of tissue damage.
5 Intracellular Distribution of Diagnostic Enzymes: Liver: LD5, ALT, AST. Heart: LD1, AST,CK. Pancreas: LPS, AMS. Salivary glands: AMS. Bone: ALP. Muscle: CK. Biliary tract: ALP, GGT. Prostate: ACP.
6 EXAM
7 DISORDERS DIAGNOSED BY ENZYMES: Cardiac Disorders: ALT, LD1, CK
8 Hepatic Disorders: a) Hepatocellular disorders ALT, AST, LD5, b) Biliary tract disorders: ALP, GGT
9 Skeletal Muscle Disorders: Muscle dystrophy, Muscle trauma, Muscle hypoxia, Frequent I.M Injections: CK, AST
10 Bone Disorders: Paget’s Bone Disease, Rickets, Osteomalacia: ALP
11 Pancreatic Disorders: Acute Pancreatitis: Lipase, AMS
12 Salivary gland diseae (Mumps): Salivary gland inflammation, In mumps: a-Amylase (AMS)
13 Malignancies: a) Prostatic carcinoma, bone metastatic carcinoma: Plasma (Acid phosphatase) ACP levels b) Pancreatic carcinoma, Bile duct carcinoma, Liver metastasis: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels c) Leukemia, Lymphomas, Liver metastasis: Total Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels
14 Clinical utility of cardiac markers in detection of acute myocardial infarction, minor myocardial injury, and in monitoring reperfusion following thrombolytic therapy
15 FINAL EXAMINATION
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1 to teach the student the use of enzymes in the diagnosis of disease and clinical problems.
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes
1 Gain fundamental knowledges of theoritical framework
2 Gain fundamental knowledges of practical framework
3 Tracing worldwide evolutions in theoritical and pratical frameweork
4 Acquire the ability of working in a teamwork
5 Gain the abilities of taking initiatives, improving creative solutions and considering analytically.
6 Gain the abilities of reaching to the people or groups who are in the theoritical or/and the pratical area.
7 Acquire the abilities of speaking a foreign language to reach to the people or groups who are in the theoritical or/and the pratical area.
8 Acquire the abilities of using some software or hardware in the area.
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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 Kaplan, L.A. and Pesce, A.J. Clinical Chemistry: Theory, Analysis and Correlation. 4rd ed. Mosby, 2003. Tarek H. El-metwally, Yakout A. El-Senosil. Medical Enzymology: A Simplified Approach. Hardcover. 2010 John W Baynes, Marek H Dominiczak. Medical Biochemistry. Third Edition. Elsevier Publishing. 2009. William J Marshall, Stephen K Bangert. Clinical Biochemistry. Sixth edition. Elsevier Publishing. 2008.
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