75266 - Internal Medicine

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student has the knowledge and ability to understand disorders affecting the chest, abdomen and pelvis, swallowing and eating disorders. He knows and has the ability to understand the main alterations of functional systems as well as the health and social implications.

Course contents

Respiratory system disorders:

Notes on physiopathology and applied semeiotic
Acute and chronic respiratory failure
Infectious pneumonia
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Asthma
Pneumothorax
Pleural pathologies
Cancer of the respiratory system



Cardiovascular diseases:

Notes on physiopathology and applied semeiotic
Chronic heart failure
Acute pulmonary edema
Cardiac angina
Myocardial infarction
Notes on cardiac arhythmology
Embolisms and thrombosis
Aortic aneurysm
Aortic dissection
Peripheral vascular diseases



Gastrointestinal Diseases
Notes on physiopathology and applied semeiotic
Acute conditions: intestinal obstruction, perforation, diverticulitis
Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract and anemia
Intestinal ischemia
Hepato-pancreatic pathologies

Dizziness. Transient loss of consciousness. Coma. Stroke. TIA
Dementia and delirium

Immobility and bed rest syndrome - Preventive instructions to care-givers

Readings/Bibliography

Slides and other material discussed

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

Six exam sessions per year (the first summer session in the form of a multiple choice quiz; in the remaining five sessions the exam will be oral, concerning an internal medicine topic

Teaching tools

slides

Office hours

See the website of Fernando Rizzello