Unit NUTRITIONAL CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
- Course
- Food science and human nutrition
- Study-unit Code
- A000558
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Elisabetta Albi
- Teachers
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- Elisabetta Albi
- Hours
- 48 ore - Elisabetta Albi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline biologiche e biomediche
- Sector
- BIO/10
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Clinical biochemistry in the analysis laboratory. Protein, glucid and lipid Single analytes. Biological fluid analysis. Importance of biochemical analyses of nutritional interest.
- Reference texts
- Biochimica Clinica Essenziale - dal laboratorio i quadri di patologia Clinica - E.Albi, T. Beccari, S. Cataldi - Zanichelli
Paths and materials consistent with the needs of disabled and/or DSA students are provided - Educational objectives
- The main aim of this teaching is to provide students with the bases needed to a good level of knowledge of the clinical-biochemisry laboratory . Teaching is fundamental for the professional figure of the nutritionist as it provides knowledge for an assessment of the patient's biochemical-clinical picture essential for a personalized nutritional plan.
Main knowledge acquired will be: ability to read and interpret laboratory analyses - Prerequisites
- In order to understand and know how to apply the topics covered in the course for a metabolic assessment by the nutritionist, it is essential to have taken the biochemistry examination of nutrition
- Teaching methods
- Lectures in mixed mode. Students with specific personal or work-related reasons obtain permission to connect online.
The lessons are carried out with the support of PowerPoint presentations which will be uploaded to the Unistudium system, so that all registered students can view them. The teacher asks for continuous feedback from the students with direct questions and logical connections. Furthermore, at the end of the lesson, the teacher uses a few minutes to summarize what was presented in class, encouraging students to collaborate. Paths and materials consistent with the needs of disabled and/or DSA students are provided - Other information
- Constant attendance is strongly recommended both because all the topics have a logical sequence and because at each lesson practical examples of interest of the different biochemical-clinical analyzes od nutritional interest, stimulating discussion. The teacher is available for any clarification with meetings in person or online, via the Teams platform, agreeing dates and times with the student
- Learning verification modality
- Final oral test that will evaluate the knowledge acquired and the ability to distinguish a physiological picture from a pathological one on the basis of a biochemical-clinical point of view stimulating the student to give indications on a possible diet suitable for the case. Sono previste metodologie di accertamento coerenti con le necessità degli studenti disabili e/o DSA
- Extended program
- Introduction to the course: Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry The biological fluid collection center and the analysis laboratory: from pre-preanalitical to post-analitical. Single and group of analyses. The blood and the coagulant profile. The urine, the hydro-electrolytic and acid-base balance. The feces. Liquor. Nutritional evaluation. Protein, glucid and lipid profile. Digestive canal profile and pancreas. Liver profile and biliary tract. Inflammatory profile.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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