Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaClinical Pharmacology
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Head instructor
Lc. Lluís SÁNCHEZ - lluissanchez@uic.es
Office hours
Dr Lluis Sànchez i Sitjes Email: lluissanchez@uic.es
General Hospital of Catalonia. Internal Medicine Office, 4th floor
Pharmacology is one of the most relevant disciplines for medical professionals of any specialty. Its knowledge is already being developed in the first semester of the third year. The subject of clinical pharmacology is not intended to be a repetition of what is already explained in depth, and by pharmacology specialists. We try to focus more on the review of practical aspects of the use of drugs, their indications, their risks and the usual dosage of the most common pharmacological groups, without insisting on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects.
To have passed the subjects of pharmacology and semiology and physiopathogenesis, and it is advisable for you to have completed most of the specific medical and surgical subjects.
To master the main pharmacological groups regarding indications, adverse reactions and dosage.
To relate the most important interactions of the main pharmacological groups.
To master the use of treatments not specifically pharmacological but vital in the handling of different pathologies (serum, oxygen, perfusion ...).
To understand the peculiarities of less common medications.
To master the art of prescription and to correctly communicate the patients / relatives.
To build a global vision of the prescription and the pharmacological treatment of patients.
1. Knowing the indications and dosage of the most common drugs in primary care and hospital emergency.
2. Practicing the handling of common non-pharmacological therapeutic strategies in acute pathology (serum therapy, oxygen therapy).
3. Recognizing the most relevant adverse effects of common medications.
4. Recognizing the pathological situations that may be caused by adverse effects of drugs.
5. Compiling the necessary patient medication data and to be able to rationalize the therapeutic strategy based on indications, interactions and possible adverse effects.
CM 1: Introduction. Anxiolytics / hypnotics, antidepressants, antipsychotics.
Treatments in urology.
CM 2: Antiepileptics: uses inside and outside the epilepsy.
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's treatment.
CM 3: Pain management: analgesics, NSAIDs, minor opiate and major.
CM 4: Corticoids. Antihistamines FAMEs. Most common immunosuppressants. Biological.
CM 5: Anti-infectious agents: antibacterial ("antibiotics").
CM 6: Antivirals: flu, herpes, HIV, hepatitis B and C. Antiparasitic agents.
CM 7: Oral hypoglycaemics. Hyper / hypothyroidism Practical aspects of contraception.
MC 1: Treatment of COPD / Asthma as a whole.
MC 2: Cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricemia).
MC 3: Heart failure and ischemic heart disease.
MC 4: Treatment of the most common digestive pathology. Gastroprotection.
MC 5: Anticoagulants (ACOs, NACOs, heparins) and antiaggregant.
MC 6: Iron and vitamins (B9, B12, D). Osteoporosis.
MC 7: Pharmacological interactions. Strategies to stop medication treatment.
LH 1: Steroids, colloids and insulin guidelines. Practical aspects of the transfusion.
LH 2: Oxygen therapy (ventimask and high concentration); Most common continuous perfusions (amiodarone, furosemide, vasoactive amines).