UOGD030 Clinical Haematology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 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
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(C)
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 clinical haematology and clinical transfusion medicine to which other courses of the field of nursing are tied. The course provides information on basic as well as special examination methods in haematology, it informs the students about the method of blood taking for haematological examinations, with clinical significance of individual examinations and about the method of result interpretation. It provides a summary of pathophysiological units most frequently occurring in clinical practice. It provides the students with the basic principles of transfusion medicine, with the organization of blood component sampling, with laboratory methods used in transfusion medicine, with production of transfusion preparations and indications for their application and with post-transfusion complications. It points out the importance of donation of blood and of haematogenous cells and it provides information on its conditions. It provides information of possibilities of hemapheretic techniques of blood collection.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to haematology, basic physical and chemical characteristics of blood.
    2. Haematopoiesis - its structure, function and controlling.
    3. Fundamentals of laboratory diagnosis in haematology. Basic parameters of blood count and their significance. Haemoglobin, its structure and functions.
    4. Anaemia - description, types, therapies. Leuopenia and leukocytosis - description of various conditions and diseases and their therapies. Thrombocytopenia and thromobocytosis - description of various conditions and diseases and their therapies.
    5. Oncological haematology - leukaemia, lymphomas and other lymphoproliferations and myeloproliferations. Donation of bone marrow and haematogenous cells. Transplantation of bone marrow and haematogenous cells.
    6. Physiology and pathopysiology of blood clotting. Congenital and acquired defects of blood clotting. Thrombophilic conditions, thromboembolic disease. Anticoagulation therapy.
    7. Transfusion service organization 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 service.
    8. Immunohaematology. AB0 and Rh system - their clinical significance. Pre-transfusion examination. Haemolytic diseases of newborns.
    9. Transfusion preparations - types and indications. Blood derivates - types and indications. Haemovigilance and post-transfusion reactions. Haemaphereses.
    10. Blood collections for haematological examinations, blood count analyzers, pre-analytic stage and its importance.
    11. Examination of erythrocyte sedimentation, hematocrit, haemocoagulation analyzers, interpretation of results.
    12. Determination of AB0-system blood group and Rh. Microscopic observations of samples.
Literature
    required literature
  • PENKA, M., TESAŘOVÁ, E. a kol. Hematologie a transfuzní lékařství II. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3460-6. info
  • 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
The contact instruction is implemented through the system of tutorials on selected topics. The combined part of the studies is implemented in the e-learning course environment at e-portal http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. The students have study supports including correspondence tasks available for instruction there. The course is concluded by a credit in written form; within it, the student will demonstrate knowledge of basic and recommended reading and be able to discuss the processed correspondence tasks. The student will have the opportunity to consult individually the topics studied, through individual or group tutorials or electronic mail.
Credit requirements: passing of credit test, cut-off score: 80%.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2024.
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