Analog electronics.
Students in this subject acquire and develop the following knowledge and abilities:
1. Have the basic general knowledge of the studied area.
2. Acquire the basic professional knowledge in a relatively new and innovative field which is going through a prosperous period.
3. Have the ability to manage the information received from different sources, to then apply it to the understanding of the different problems posed.
1.-Introduction
1.1- Subject´s Philosophy. Aims and content of the course. Index.
2.-Physiology of the membrane, the nerve and the muscle
2.1-Transport of ions and molecules across the cellular membrane.
2.2-Potentials of membrane and potentials of action.
2.3-Contraction of the skeletal muscle. Contraction of the muscle.
2.4-Nervous excitement and muscular contraction: coupling neuromuscular.
2.5- Kinds of electrodes.
3.-The cardiovascular system
3.1-The cardiac muscle: the heart as a pump. Cardiac anatomy and physiology.
3.2-Rhythmic excitement of the heart.
3.3-Cardiac electrical signs: the normal electrocardiogram. Electrocardiogram of effort.
3.4-Cardiac arrhythmia. Interpretation.
3.5-New Techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of the electrical cardiac disorders
3.6- Pacemaker.
3.7- Concept of arterial pressure. Measuring instruments
3.8- Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of the cardiovascular illnesses.
3.9-The ultrasounds in cardiology: echocardiogram.
4.-The respiratory system
4.1-Anatomy of the respiratory device. Pulmonary ventilation. Pulmonary circulation.
4.2-Physical Principles of the gas exchange at pulmonary level. Transport of the oxygen and of the dioxide of carbon in blood and corporal liquids. Regulation of breathing
4.3-Respiratory instrumentation. Mechanical ventilation and medical practice.
5.-The nervous system
5.1-Organization of the nervous system.
5.2-Sensory recipients. Circuits for the prosecution of the information. Tact and position. Pain and temperature.
5.3- The sense of hearing. Functional anatomy of the ear. Central neurophysiology of the audition.
5.4-Set of instruments used in O.R.L.
5.5-Functions fundamental motorboats. Electromiogram.
5.6-Electrical cerebral activity. Electroencephalogram. Evoked potentials.
6.-Diagnosis by image in medicine
6.1-Ultrasounds in medicine. Diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
6.2-Isotopes in medicine. Diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
6.3- Radiotherapy in medicine.
6.4- Axial computerized scanner (BLOCK).
6.5-Magnetic nuclear resonance (RMN).
7.-Miscellany
7.1-Injuries from electricity
7.2-International safety procedures ([VDE] 0750)
The methodology followed in this subject is based on magisterial classes, where the student is invited to actively participate.
These lessons can be divided in two kinds. At the beginning of each one of these chapters, there is a group of lessons given by specialist doctors in each one of these matters, which give their medical view of each one of the studied chapters.
On the other hand, after these first sessions, which are more of an introduction to medicine, in each chapter there are lessons to explain the electronic methods that can help medicine in the studied fields.
A. Exams
The subject consists of two semesters, one evaluated in February and the other in June. Each semester must be passed separately with a mark equal or superior to 5.
In the case of mailing the February exam, students can do the exam for the first semester again in June.
The final mark will be calculated as the mean of both semesters, when each one has been passed separately.
In September there will be one only exam including the first and the second semester; the mark from the February or June partials won´t be kept.
Objective 1
Students must prove to have the necessary basic knowledge in relation to the subject [A]
Objective 2
Students must prove to have acquired the basic knowledge in one of the most important areas of electronics nowadays, understanding everything surrounding it, not only the electronics concepts, but also the necessary concepts for the design of applications in the area of medicine. [A]
Objective 3
Students must have the capacity for synthesis, due to the great amount of information given, to have an accurate understanding of each one of the fields in medicine where electronics can be applied.
Guyton, Treated about Medical Physiology, Interamericana-McGraw-Hill
A. Bayés de Luna, Clinical Electrocardiography, Doyma
A. Net, S. Benito, Mechanics Ventilation, Doyma