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    Michelangela BARBIERI

    Insegnamento di INTERNAL MEDICINE AND GERIATRICS 2

    Corso di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA

    SSD: MED/09

    CFU: 10,00

    ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 100,00

    Periodo di Erogazione: Secondo Semestre

    English

    Teaching language

    English

    Textbook and course materials

    Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th Edition Textbook

    Course objectives

    The main objective of the Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Course is to teach how to apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients across the spectrum from health to complex illness. Particular attention will be paid to the elderly complex patients, with polypathologies. In particular, the objective of the Course is to teach the clinical methodology useful to identify the many and often different problems of health of the patient, assessed in their entirety, through the collection of personal data, the interpretation of symptoms and signs, laboratory and instrumental data, as well as the reasoned formulation of diagnostic hypotheses.

    Teaching methods

    Topics are addressed through the use of paradigmatic clinical cases. In this way, students are trained to solve puzzling diagnostic problems and handle severe chronic illnesses and situations where several different illnesses may strike at the same time.Part of the teaching is theoretical and part is a bedside learning - helping medical students to interact with patients and providing them with practical essentials.

    Evaluation methods

    Oral examination. At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the main topics related to the diseases of the various organs, to be able to develop differential diagnostic paths, to know how to interpret laboratory and instrumental analyses, as well as have a good knowledge of clinical pharmacology and know how to make appropriate therapeutic decisions.

    Course Syllabus

    A list of the main conditions that must be taken into consideration in the diagnostic approach of the patient is given below:
    ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM DISORDERS
    1. Disorders of the Thyroid Gland
    2. Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex
    3. Pheochromocytoma
    4. Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
    5. Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis, Classification,and Pathophysiology
    6. Diabetes Mellitus: Management and Therapies
    7. Diabetes Mellitus: Complications
    8. Hypoglycemia
    9. Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism
    10. The Metabolic Syndrome

    DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
    1. Approach to the Patient with Disease of the Respiratory System
    2. Disturbances of Respiratory Function
    3. Diagnostic Procedures in Respiratory Disease
    4. Asthma
    5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
    6. Interstitial Lung
    7. Disorders of the Pleura
    8. Disorders of the Mediastinum
    9. Disorders of Ventilation
    10. Sleep Apnea

    CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
    1. Heart Failure: Pathophysiology Diagnosis and Management
    2. Ischemic Heart Disease
    3. Hypertensive Vascular Disease
    4. Disorders Of Rhythm
    5. Pulmonary Hypertension .
    SYNCOPE
    DISPNEA
    CARDIOGENIC AND NONCARDIOGENIC PULMONARY EDEMA

    DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT
    1. Kidney functions
    2. Acute Kidney Injury
    3. Chronic Kidney Disease
    4. Glomerular Diseases
    5. Tubulointerstitial Diseases of the Kidney

    DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
    1. Peptic Ulcer Disease and Related Disorders
    2. Disorders of Absorption
    3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    4. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    5. Diverticular Disease and Common
    6. Anorectal Disorders
    7. Pancreatitis
    8. Diarrhea and constipation;
    LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT DISEASES
    1. Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease
    2. Evaluation of Liver Function
    3. The Hyperbilirubinemias
    4. Acute Viral Hepatitis
    5. Chronic Hepatitis
    6. Alcoholic Liver Disease
    7. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
    8. Cirrhosis and Its Complications
    9. Liver Transplantation
    MIGRAINE AND OTHER PRIMARY HEADACHE DISORDERS
    DISORDERS OF THE PARATHYROID GLAND AND CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS
    ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS
    HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
    1. Anemias: classification and clinical pictures;
    2. Myelodysplasias, Myeloproliferative disorders;
    3. Poliglobulie;
    4. thrombocytopenia;
    5. Leukemia; Lymphomas; myelomas;
    GERIATRICS
    1. Geriatric Diseases and Syndromes
    2. Geriatric Assessment
    3. Dementia, delirium, depression
    4. Fragility, Sarcopenia and Fall Prevention
    5. Immobilization syndrome and Pressure Ulcers
    6. Common urologic problem in geriatrics
    7. Osteoporosis
    8. Geriatric Rehabilitation

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