Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the composition of body fluids and maintenance of body fluid osmolality
- Describe the clinical significance of hydrogen ion concentration.
- Explain the importance of blood buffer systems in the regulation of blood pH.
- Explain the roles of the renal and respiratory systems in acid–base balance
- Explain the techniques and appraoches to study proteins and protein disorders in detail.
- Explain the functions of liver and describe the biochemical and clinical basis of the jaundice.
- Explain the liver function tests
- Explain the hormones regulating glucose homeostasis
- Explain the carbohydrate disorders and give the molecular, biochemical and clinical details of diabetes mellitus.
- Discuss tumor markers and future advances in cancer biochemistry and molecular diagnostics.
- Explain the metabolization of drugs and drug interactions.