Toxicology

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2025-2026

Thematik

The subject deals with toxic effects resulting from the overdose or misuse of drugs and from exposure to various xenobiotics such as metals, solvents, toxic gases, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, fungal and plant toxins. It covers in detail the general aspects of toxicology, the mechanisms of toxic effects and the factors that influence their development, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic options. It also covers the basics of drug safety testing and risk assessment

Vorlesungen

• 1. The subject and branches of toxicology. Human poisonings. Causes of death by poisoning. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 2. Care of the poisoned patient - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 3. Drug poisoning I - Poisons causing loss of consciousness. - Kriszta Gábor
• 4. Drug Poisoning II - Poisoning causing agitation. - Kriszta Gábor
• 5. Poisonings causing cardiac dysfunction or coagulopathy. - Kriszta Gábor
• 6. Poisons causing metabolic disturbance or tissue necrosis. - Kriszta Gábor
• 7. Toxic hypoxia I - Toxic gases (carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and cyanogenic compounds, hydrogen sulphide). - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 8. Toxic hypoxia II - Methemoglobin producers. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 9. Solvent Poisoning - General Characteristics, Hydrocarbons and their halogenated derivatives. - Kriszta Gábor
• 10. Poisonings by metal compounds - General characteristics, metal chelators. - Kriszta Gábor
• 11. Everyday toxicology I (dietary supplements, medicinal products) - Kriszta Gábor
• 12. Everyday toxicology II (food contaminants) - Kriszta Gábor
• 13. Pesticide poisonings. - Kriszta Gábor
• 14. Endocrine disruptors. - Kriszta Gábor
• 15. Teratogenesis I - Historical examples, human chemical teratogens. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 16. Teratogenesis II - Teratogenic drugs, developmental toxicology. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 17. Fungal Poisoning. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 18. Chemical warfare - Kriszta Gábor
• 19. Chemical Carcinogenesis I - Historical examples, genotoxic carcinogens. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 20. Chemical Carcinogenesis II - Non-genotoxic carcinogens, the process of carcinogenesis. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 21. Toxicity testing and risk assessment I. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 22. Toxicity testing and risk assessment II. - Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• 23. Forms and care of suicidal poisonings I. - Kriszta Gábor
• 24. Forms and care of suicide poisonings II. - Kriszta Gábor

Praktika

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Slides of lectures

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

none

Semesteranforderungen

none

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

No possibility of make-up.

Prüfungsfragen

The questions are based on the ppt's provided. Students will take a written exam in the last week of the semester, and will be offered a grade based on the results.

Prüfer

• Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
• Kriszta Gábor

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen