Teaching code

4S000100

Credits

8

Coordinator

Sara Pilotto

Language

Italian

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Program

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MM: MALATTIE CARDIOVASCOLARI
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Course table of contents Chapter 1 Anatomy of the heart and vessels Chapter 2 Cardiovascular physiology, and bases of hemodynamics The cardiac cycle Bases of electrocardiography Pulmonary gas exchange Tissue perfusion Chapter 3 Diagnostic techniques based on physiopathology Electrocardiogram, stress test and Holter-loop recorder Chest X-ray and CT scan Echocardiogram SPECT Chapter 4 Ischemic heart disease Epidemiology and risk factors Atherosclerosis and chronic coronary artery disease Acute coronary syndromes Acute myocardial infarction Myocardial revascularization techniques Chapter 5 Basis of electrocardiography Syncope and arrhythmias Syncope Brady and tachy arrhythmias Chapter 6 Heart failure, heart valve disease and cardiomyopathies Cardiac dyspnea Right and left heart failure Cardiomyopathies Valve heart disease Chapter 7 Invasive Cardiology
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MM: INFERMIERISTICA CLINICA MEDICA
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view guide in inglish
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MM: PNEUMOLOGIA
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1) Anatomy and Physiology of the respiratory system 2) signs and symptoms of respiratory diseases 3) Instrumental investigations in the pneumological field 4) Respiratory function investigations 5) duties of the nurse 6) Respiratory failure 7) Chronic Obstructive Broncopneimopathy and Night Apnea Syndrome 8) Pulmonary emphysema 9) Bronchial asthma 10) Respiratory Rehabilitation 11) Non-invasive mechanical ventilation 12) Pleurisy and respiratory infections
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MM: MEDICINA INTERNA
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- Anaemias including erythrocytopathies and hemoglobinopathies, lymphomas and acute and chronic leukemias - Haemorragic and thrombotic diseases: major clnical features and overview of therapeutic appoaches - Heart failure: pathogenesis, clinical signs and symptoms, therapeutic approaches - Arterial hypertension: risk factors, therapeutic approaches, early and late-onset complications - Rheumatologic diseases: major clinical features in particolar of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus
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MM: ONCOLOGIA MEDICA
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• General findings of tumor biology, carcinogenesis and risk factors. • Staging and prognostic factors: implications for approaching the patients. • General principles and overall treatment strategy: the multidisciplinary approach. • General findings of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy. • Practical examples of management of the most common tumor types (lung, breast, colorectal) • Cancer pain management.
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MM: MALATTIE INFETTIVE
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Hospital infections and antibiotic resistance: the most frequent, their epidemiological impact, how to prevent them, how to help prevent complications, which patients are at greatest risk. Risk for personnel. The importance of hand washing as a shared culture. Sepsis: correct definition of SIRS, bacteremia, sepsis andseptic shock; etiology; global and local epidemiological aspects and main risk factors; main pathogenic mechanisms; clinical aspects and principles of supportive and specific therapy. Meaning of the main laboratory markers, indication and interpretation of blood cultures. Meningitis: definition, classification and etiology of bacterial versus aseptic meningitis, epidemiology and its modifications by vaccination, main symptoms and clinical signs, diagnosis, hints of therapy, identification of isolation needs, vaccination and prophylaxis and their indications. Hepatitis: definition, epidemiology, transmission, most important clinical signs, prevention, vaccine and therapy Tuberculosis: global, national, regional and local epidemiology also in relation to the nationality and influence of HIV; epidemiology of multi-resistant TB; pathophysiology; distinction between latent infection and disease and respective measures; isolation, individual protection and their indications; outline of therapy and importance of ensuring compliance. Malaria: global, national, regional and local epidemiology also in relation to nationality; classical transmission versus cryptic malaria; biological cycle of plasmodium in the human host; the phenomenon of recrudescence; hints of pathophysiology and clinical picture with particular reference to complicated malaria; diagnosis; hints of therapy and chemoprophylaxis. HIV - AIDS: global and national epidemiological aspects and their modifications over time; main modes of transmission; screening and confirmatory diagnosis; outline of immunology and pathogenesis; main clinical aspects including opportunistic infections; HIV and TB; other coinfections; HIV and tumors; hints of antiretroviral therapy and treatment of opportunistic infections; main preventive measures and principles of post-exposure prophylaxis.

Bibliography

Examination Methods

Written exam