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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:
1° semestre From 10/4/21 To 12/23/21
years Modules TAF Teacher
3° Supplementary research and laboratory diagnostic informations on Autoimmunity D Silvia Sartoris (Coordinator)
5° Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas: a current dylemma from diagnosis to treatment D Giovanni Marchegiani (Coordinator)
4° 5° Coagulation disorders. Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects D Francesca Pizzolo (Coordinator)
5° 6° Research methodology basis and critical reading of a scientific article D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Complications in surgery: management and prevention D Jacopo Weindelmayer (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical ultrasound D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of severe visceral trauma D Giuseppe Borzellino (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neurophysiological investigations for studying sleep and sleep-related disorders D Gaetano Cantalupo (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery: indications, costs and benefits D Alessandro Esposito (Coordinator)
5° 6° PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE NEOPLASMS. FROM SURGERY, TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH D Antonio Pea (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of the liver: from the preoperative optimization of the liver to the postoperative care D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° The Multiple Sclerosis and the demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system: immunopathology, diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, treatment D Massimiliano Calabrese (Coordinator)
5° 6° Scheletal deseases in childhood D Franco Antoniazzi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neurosurgical emergencies D Alberto Feletti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Clinical aspects and overlapping in ACSD (Abnormal Connectivity Spectrum Disorders): Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome D Leonardo Zoccante (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Histopathological and molecular features of gastroenteric and bilio-pancreatic tumors D Claudio Luchini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Evidence-based medicine: how to read and understand clinical studies, reviews, meta-analyses and clinical-practice guidelines D Giovanni Ostuzzi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary imaging D Giulia Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Physician-patient communication strategies in hematological malignancies D Cristina Tecchio (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Toxicological screening in acute/lethal poisoning cases: chemoinformatic analytical applications D Aldo Eliano Polettini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Child development: a neurodevelopmental approach D Alessandro Simonati (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Technologies applied to type 1 diabetes mellitus: towards artificial pancreas D Maddalena Trombetta (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Therapy of diabetes mellitus D Enzo Bonora (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Stem cell transplantation: biological and clinical issues D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tubercolosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, therapy and surveillaince D Michela Conti (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Immunophenotyping in normal hematopoiesis and in hematological diseases D Mauro Krampera (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Alcoholism D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Biology, Clinics and Diagnosis of COVID-19 D Giuseppe Lippi (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Heroin and cocaine. History, epidemiology, new scenarios, clinical approach, complications. Serts. D Rebecca Casari (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Access to essential medicines in developing countries D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical and social history of drugs D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
2° semestre From 2/21/22 To 5/31/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Bioinformatics D Maria Romanelli (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Short history of pharmacology D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° History of surgery D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
4° Severe asthma: from pathogenesis to management D Marco Caminati (Coordinator)
4° Clinical electrocardiography D Daniele Prati (Coordinator)
4° Role of endoscopy in digestive diseases D Armando Gabbrielli (Coordinator)
4° Nephrolithiasis: endocrine-metabolic and nephrological aspects D Chiara Caletti (Coordinator)
5° Clinical approach to cancer patient D Michele Milella (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutics approach to cardiovascular risk D Anna Maria Fratta Pasini (Coordinator)
4° 5° Off-label use of medicines in clinical practice D Laura Cuzzolin (Coordinator)
4° 5° Metabolic Kidney Diseases D Giuseppina Pessolano (Coordinator)
4° 5° Pancreatic neoplasms: clinic-pathologic features D Giuseppe Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° Nodule of the thyroid: clinicopathologic correlations D Guido Martignoni (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° Tumor immunology and immunomodulation D Stefano Ugel (Coordinator)
5° 6° A Day In Endoscopy: New Frontiers of Operative Endoscopy D Francesco Tomba (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pediatric andrology and fertility potential D Nicola Zampieri (Coordinator)
5° 6° Gynecopathology in deep D Anna Caliò (Coordinator)
5° 6° Indications for Imaging: CT or RM ? D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Brain at work D Francesca Benedetta Pizzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgery of pancreas and peryampullary area D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive pediatric surgery D Nicola Zampieri (Coordinator)
5° 6° Neonatal surgery D Francesco Saverio Camoglio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Surgical oncology of the gastrointestinal tract D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of retroperitoneal tumors and GIST D Calogero Iacono (Coordinator)
5° 6° Basic course ECG and interactive interpretation D Vincenzo Marafioti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Management of pain in reumathologic diseases D Davide Gatti (Coordinator)
5° 6° Pancreatic dilemma between inflammation and neoplasia D Antonio Amodio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Oncologic Imaging D Mirko D'Onofrio (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intraoperative neurophysiology: a functional approach to modern neurosurgery D Francesco Sala (Coordinator)
5° 6° Infection in ICU D Anna Maria Azzini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Therapy with biologic agents in rheumatic diseases D Ombretta Viapiana (Coordinator)
5° 6° Physicians: their history, their stories D Luca Idolazzi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation D Nicola Smania (Coordinator)
5° 6° PAEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS D Elena Manuela Samaila (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical senology D Francesca Pellini (Coordinator)
5° 6° Minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robot-assisted) surgery in abdominal diseases (videos and dry-lab) D Corrado Pedrazzani (Coordinator)
5° 6° Intra-articular onjection in Rheumatology D Elena Fracassi (Coordinator)
5° 6° Clinical toxicology in the Emergency Department and CBRN events D Giorgio Ricci (Coordinator)
5° 6° Multimodal treatment of Upper GastroIntestinal Maligniancies D Maria Bencivenga (Coordinator)
5° 6° Multimodal treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma D Giuseppe Malleo (Coordinator)
5° 6° TUMORS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: THE PATHOLOGIST ROLE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY D Valeria Barresi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Abdominal wall surgery D Antonino Zago (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Colordroppler ultrasound of carotid arteries, lower limbs and abdominal vessels D Sergio De Marchi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Gynecological endocrinology D Paolo Moghetti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Imaging of infectious diseases D Giulia Zamboni (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Intensive Care Nephrology: Rena Replacel therapy in Intensive Unit D Nicoletta Pertica (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Introduction to Robotic Surgery D Paolo Fiorini (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° The clinical pathways of surgical patients D Luca Casetti (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Robotic surgery in urology D Alessandro Antonelli (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Management of the patient with severe liver disease D Andrea Dalbeni (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Mental health in humanitarian settings and in low- and middle-income countries D Michela Nose' (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Hints in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphomas D Carlo Visco (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Translating basic immunology into the clinic D Francesco De Sanctis (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Tropical Medicine D Zeno Bisoffi (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Multimodal treatment of hepatobiliopancreatic neoplasms D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
4° 5° 6° Living on dialysis: clinical and psychological aspects. D Paola Tomei (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Science Communication and Dissemination D Marco Cambiaghi (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° BODY COMPOSITION: METHODS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE D Carlo Zancanaro (Coordinator)
3° 4° 5° 6° Improving adherence in medicine: the motivational interviewing D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Practical issues in genetic counseling D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction diseases D Daniele Dell'Orco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° From Darwin to molecular genomics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Ethical dilemmas in medical genetics D Alberto Turco (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Dependence on legal drugs (benzodiazepines and pain killers) D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Women and health D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Humanitarian Medicine and Surgery D Roberto Salvia (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Art, creativity and mental health: an open dialogue D Giovanni Ostuzzi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Psychopatology D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Health and behaviour: an interdisciplinary approach to promote better quality of life in conditions of vulnerability D Lidia Del Piccolo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Deontology D Federica Bortolotti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Health inequalities and barriers experienced by LGBTI people in accessing health care D Francesco Amaddeo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Gambling D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Tabagism D Fabio Lugoboni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Literature search using PubMed D Ugo Moretti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Medical Anthropological Problems in Low Income Countries D Mariarita Bertoldi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Human retroviruses: HIV and AIDS D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° Emerging Viruses and zonosis D Donato Zipeto (Coordinator)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
5° 6° Experimental microsurgery D Not yet assigned
5° 6° Extracorporeal life support D Not yet assigned

Infection in ICU  (Corso Elettivo)  (2021/2022)

Teaching code

4S000821

Teacher

Anna Maria Azzini

Coordinator

Anna Maria Azzini

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/17 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Period

2° semestre dal Feb 21, 2022 al May 31, 2022.

Lessons timetable Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

This course is about nosocomial infections, prticularly those more frequent inside Intensive Care Unit (ICU) wards, such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), blood stream infections (BSI), surgical site infection and urinary tract infections (UTI).
I’ll discuss about their epidemiology, aetiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Program

Health-care associated infection (HAI): definition and epidemiology of the main infectious syndromes. Importance of surveillance of infectious episodes and of antibiotic resistance.
- Health-care associated pneumonia (HAP) and VAP (Ventilator-associated pneumonia)
- CVC-related blood stream infection
- Surgical site infections and antibiotic prophylaxis concepts
- C.difficile infection

Bibliography

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Examination Methods

The lessons will take place by zoom from 17:30 on the following days:
- 21/02/22
- 07/03/22
- 14/03/22
- 21/03/22
- 28/03/22

Entra nella riunione in Zoom
https://univr.zoom.us/j/86895464962

ID riunione: 868 9546 4962

Method of evaluation of the elective course based on attendance

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE