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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

Metabolic Kidney Diseases   (Corso Elettivo)  (2021/2022)

Teaching code

4S010342

Teacher

Giuseppina Pessolano

Coordinator

Giuseppina Pessolano

Credits

1

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/14 - NEPHROLOGY

Period

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

Lessons timetable Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with notions of epidemiology-clinical-histology and treatment of nephropathies in metabolic diseases.

Program

Hyperuricemia and Kidney Disease:
update genetic, progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and treatment.

Obesity and Kidney Disease:
pathophysiological pathways and therapeutic strategies.

Diabetic Kidney Disease:
Update Challenges, Progress, Histology and Possibilities.

Examination Methods

The lessons will be on on April 28 th, May 5th-09th-23th from 5:30 pm to 7:30

The exam includes a test, students answer 30 multiple choice answers.
Each correct answer to the multiple choice questions will give 1 point. Each wrong answer or not supplied to the questions a multiple answer will give 0 points.
The test will be considered passed only if the score achieved is equal to or greater than 18/30.

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