- Docente: Fernando Rizzello
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5907)
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from Oct 05, 2023 to Dec 04, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student possesses knowledge, to the extent of his/her competence, relating to healthcare activities in the field of physiopathology and medical semeiotics of adult and geriatrics.
Course contents
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract:
- General semeiotic
- Acute abdominal pain
- diarrhea
- intestinal obstruction
- appendicitis
- diverticulosis and diverticulitis
- Acute enteric bleeding (enterorrhagia, melena, hematemesis)
- chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases
- esophagitis and gastritis
Diseases of the hepatobiliary-pancreatic tract:
- jaundice and ascites
- acute and chronic liver failure
- cholecystitis and biliary cholangitis
- acute and chronic pancreatitis
Hematological disorders
- anemia
Endocrinological diseases
- thyroid diseases
- diabetes
- hyperglycemic crises
- ketoacidotic coma
Water, electrolytes, edema and effusions
Readings/Bibliography
The student will be provided with lecture slides with explanatory notes
Books: Internal Medicine for the Degree in Nursing. Author: Renato Massini and others; Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Teaching methods
frontal lessons with the help of supporting clinical cases
Assessment methods
multiple choice questions on the topics covered
Teaching tools
Slides and clinical cases
Office hours
See the website of Fernando Rizzello
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.