09125 - Paediatrics

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has knowledges and abilities to understand the main pathological diseases of the childhood. The student knows and has the ability to understand the problems of premature babies and newborns at risk, the physiology of pregnancy and the elements of obstetric semiotics.

Course contents

- healthy newborn

- pathology of the full term newborn

- pathology of the preterm infant

- growth and development

- ache

- vaccines

- fever

- respiratory tract infections

- meningitis

- oteomyelitis

-  chromosomal diseases

- oncological pathology

- pediatric patient with high care needs

- pediatric palliative care

- congenital heart disease

Readings/Bibliography

Slides, and only for personal in-depth analysis: 

Elementi essenziali di Pediatria per Corsi di Laurea Triennali. A cura di Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti. Società Editrice Esculapio

Pediatria Generale e Specialisatica . A. Pession, G. Faldella

Teaching methods

Frontal Teaching

Assessment methods

Written exam with multiple choice test. 30 questions will be administered, each with four possible answers of which only one is true. Each correct answer is worth one point. The final grade will be calculated on the basis of the weighted average of the judgements of the exams of the various courses, that make up the Integrated Course.

Teaching tools

Slides

Office hours

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