COVID-19 and the Pulmonary System

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  • Skill Levelintermediate
  • Lectures1 Video
  • Enrolled 12,891 students enrolled
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Key concepts covered include:

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to understand:

  • The molecular pathophysiology of the SARS-nCoV-2
  • Differentiate SARS Coronavirus-2 from COVID-19
  • An idea of asymptomatic and symptomatic Covid-19 patient
  • Conceptualize Pneumonia and ARDS in Covid-19

What you'll learn

Understanding the novel coronavirus structure and its life cycle in the host cell and the destruction the virus causes in the respiratory system is necessary for the early diagnosis and better treatment of COVID-19 disease.

This course briefly describes the structure of the virus, its invasion of the human cells, and its effect on the pulmonary system. Also discussed are the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 disease, emphasizing the molecular and the pathophysiological mechanism involved in the disease.

Who Should Attend?

  • Senior Medical Students
  • Medical Officer
  • Senior Residence
  • Health and Nursing Professionals

Instructor

Dr. Niraj Khatri Sapkota

Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology in Chitwan Medical College affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal.


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Niraj Khatri Sapkota has completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology applications to pharmacology at the age of 32 years from Zhejiang University, China, one of the Thomson Reuters and Elsevier best-ranked university of the world; he is now working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology in Chitwan Medical College affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He is an active researcher and academician of his country, Nepal. He has published more than 50papers both original and review papers as a single author or with collaboration in reputed international journals and is serving as a reviewer, advisory, and editorial board member and Editor of more than 30 international reputed journals.

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Instructor

Dr. Niraj Khatri Sapkota

Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology in Chitwan Medical College affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal.


4/5

Niraj Khatri Sapkota has completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology applications to pharmacology at the age of 32 years from Zhejiang University, China, one of the Thomson Reuters and Elsevier best-ranked university of the world; he is now working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology in Chitwan Medical College affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He is an active researcher and academician of his country, Nepal. He has published more than 50papers both original and review papers as a single author or with collaboration in reputed international journals and is serving as a reviewer, advisory, and editorial board member and Editor of more than 30 international reputed journals.

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