UODK030 Clinical Haematology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Jana Bjalková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Jana Bjalková
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the students with fundamentals of the field of clinical haematology and clinical transfusiology (transfusion medicine), to which other subjects of the field of nursing are tied. The course provides information on basic as well as special examination methods in haematology, it informs attendants about the method of blood taking for haematological examinations, with clinical significance of individual examinations and the result interpretation method. It provides a summary of pathophysiological units which occur in clinical practice most frequently. It provides the students with the basic principles of transfusion medicine, with the organization of blood taking of blood components, with laboratory methods used in transfusion medicine, with production of transfusion preparations and indications for their applications and with post-transfusion complications. It points at significance of donation of blood and haematogenous cells and it provides information on its conditions. It provides information on possibilities of hemapheretic techniques of blood collection. Learning outcomes: Professional knowledge: The students acquire and demonstrate knowledge of haematology and transfusion medicine. Professional skills: The students are able to orientate themselves in a normal course of haematological examination and transfusion administration, to identify possible complications and, based on their competences, to respond to them. General ability: The students are able to assist with processes related to the specific area and they are able to act within their competences. Competence: The students, within legal regulations, cooperate in administration of transfusion preparations with a doctor in a way which is safe both to a patient and to members of a medical team.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
    1. Introduction to haematology, basic physical and chemical characteristics of the blood.
    2. Hematopoiesis - its structure, function and controlling.
    3. Fundamentals of laboratory diagnostics in haematology. Basic parameters of a blood count and their significance. Haemoglobin, its structure and functions.
    4. Anaemia - description, types, therapies. Leukopenia and leukocytosis - description of various conditions and diseases and their therapies. Thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis - description of various conditions and diseases and their therapies.
    5. Haematology in oncology - leukaemia, lymphomas and other lymphoproliferations and myeloproliferations. Donation of bone marrow and haematogenous cells. Transplantation of bone marrow and haematogenous cells.
    6. Physiology and pathophysiology of blood clotting. Inherent and acquired defects of blood clotting. Thrombophilic conditions, thromboembolic disease. Anticoagulation therapy.
    7. Transfusion service organizations in the Czech Republic. Donation of blood and blood components. Good practice in transfusion. Good practice in production of transfusion preparations. Significance of examination of infection markers in transfusion services.
    8. Immunohaematology (blood baking). AB0 and Rh-system - their clinical significance. Pre-transfusion examination. Haemolytic diseases of newborns.
    9. Transfusion preparations - types and indications. Blood products - kinds and indications. Haemovigilance and post-transfusion reactions. Haemaphereses.
    Seminars and practical session:
    1. Blood collections for haematological examinations. Blood count analysers. Pre-analytic stage and its importance.
    2. Examination of erythrocyte sedimentation, hematocrit. Hemocoagulation analysers, interpretation of results.
    3. Determination of AB0-system blood group and Rh. Preparation and application of blood transfusion and blood products.
    4. Microscopic observations of samples.
Literature
    required literature
  • GALUSZKOVÁ, D. Klinická hematologie pro sestry. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • PENKA, M., TESAŘOVÁ, E. a kol. Hematologie a transfuzní lékařství. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3459-0. info
  • KUBISZ, P. a kol. Hematológia a transfuziológia. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1779. info
  • WHO. Klinické použití krve. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0268-1. info
  • VOKURKA, S. a kol. Ošetřovatelské problémy a základy hemoterapie. Praha: Galén, 2005. ISBN 80-726-2299-4. info
    recommended literature
  • PECKA, M. a kol. Praktická hematologie - Laboratorní metody. Český Těšín: Infiniti art, 2010. ISBN 978-80903871-9-5. info
  • ADAM Z., KREJČI M., VORLÍČEK J. a kolektiv. Hematologie - přehled maligních hematologických nemocí. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2502-4. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 4 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Credit requirements: passing of the credit test, cut-off score 80 %.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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