DMSA 420 Pathophysiology for Sonographers

Explores the pathogenesis of disease processes and their impact on the human body. Correlation of pertinent patient history, laboratory data, and imaging information will be emphasized to increase the necessary analytical skills of differential diagnosis. Emphasis is placed on selected diseases encountered by the sonographer.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission into diagnostic medical sonography, vascular sonography, echocardiography sonography programs/majors or permission of the instructor

Corequisite

DMSA 400, DMSA 405, DMSA 410, DMSA 415; and for the diagnostic medical sonography program/major DMSG 400, DMSG 405, DMSG 410, and DMSG 415; and for the echocardiography sonography program/major DMSE 400, DMSE 405, DMSE 410, DMSE 415, and DMSE 420; and for the vascular sonography program/major DMSV 400, DMSV 405, DMSV 410, DMSV 415, and DMSV 420