Disorders of body fluid compartments and osmolarity
Self-paced courses
45 min
Public Access
What you'll learn
The course provides brief description of various disorders that affect major body fluid compartments, intracellular fluid, interstitial fluid and plasma. Dehydration and hyperhydration disorders are addressed. Hyperosmolarity and hyposomolarity disorder are also explained.
Who it´s for
Researchers
Course objectives
1) Understand mechanisms of changes in osmolarity of body fluid compartments. 2) Analyze disorders of volume of body fluid compartments. 3) Understand mechanisms of edema.
Completion & certification
Open access course with no certification.
Lecturer
Filip Sedlić, University of Zagreb School of Medicine