- Docente: Vanni Agnoletti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/41
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
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from Apr 10, 2024 to Apr 22, 2024
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - Learn the basic and advanced elements of the functional anatomy of consciousness and its acute and chronic disorders.
Acquire the ability to assess the level of impairment of consciousness in acute and chronic situations
Identify the causes of possible cognitive disorders
Utilize the most appropriate diagnostic tools in the diagnosis and management of altered states of consciousness
Develop skills in interacting with patients and family members in communicating the steps of diagnostic management and disease communication.
Course contents
1. Principles of Neurocritical Care
2. Determination of Death with Neurological Criteria
3. Physiopathology of Irreversible Cessation of Brain Functions
4. Principles of Treatment for Potential Organ Donors
5. Physiopathology of Post-Anoxic Encephalopathy
6. Prognosis of Patients with Post-Anoxic Encephalopathy
7. Physiopathology of Intracranial Hypertension
8. Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurological Assessment, and the Role of Electrophysiological Monitoring
9. Cerebral Hemorrhage, and the Role of Electrophysiological Monitoring
10. Ischemic Stroke: Pathophysiology, Monitoring, and Therapy
11. Central Nervous System Infections: Principles of Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy
Teaching methods
Traditional Lectures
Clinical Cases Analysis
Assessment methods
Multiple-choice quiz
Teaching tools
Slides
Office hours
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