250-303 Clinical Sciences 3: Diseases of the Respiratory, Haemopoietic, Cardiovascular, and Urinary Systems

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Students completing this subject should:

• be aware of the importance of clinical signs which indicate a disturbance of structure and function of either the cardiovascular, haemopoietic, respiratory or urinary systems;

• be able to recognise, describe and interpret morphological changes in these systems at both the macroscopic and microscopic level;

• possess the essential information on the causes and manifestations of disease in the cardiovascular, haemopoietic, respiratory or urinary systems and associated organs, and be able to recognise if the disease is expressed locally or as disturbances of whole body function or other organ function;

• understand the principles of patient management for disorders of the cardiovascular, haemopoietic, respiratory or urinary systems in terms of indications for therapy, and the principles of providing a prognosis; and

• be aware of the uses and limitations of ancillary investigations such as radiology, ultrasonography, clinical pathology, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, serology, and pathology of biopsy specimens in diagnosis and management.

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Injury to the animal's life support systems. Disorders of the respiratory, haemopoietic, cardiovascular, and urinary systems. Pathological, medical, radiological and surgical aspects. Electrocardiography.

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