03594 - Gastroenterology

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Moduli: Lorenzo Fuccio (Modulo 1) Leonardo Henry Umberto Eusebi (Modulo 2) Carlo Calabrese (Modulo 3)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5708)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should know the basic principles of the pathology, pathogenesis, etiology, and all the most recent advancements in the management of the most frequent upper, lower gastrointestinal diseases as well as those interesting the liver, the biliary tract and the pancreas.

Course contents

Liver and milio-pancreatic diseases. 

- Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

- Ascites

- Gastro-esophageal Variceal Bleeding

- Liver-associated Acute Kidney Disease

- Hepatic Encephalopathy

- Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

- Pancreatic Cancer

 

Upper GI diseases

- Upper GI bleeding

- Gastric and esophageal cancer

- Celiac disease

- GERD

- Dyspesia, peptic disease and H.pylori infection

 

Lower GI diseases

- IBS

- Diverticular disease

- IBD

- Constipation/diarrhea

 

Readings/Bibliography

Manuale di Gastroenterologia - Unigastro. ultima edizione pubblicata. Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana.

Teaching methods

Lectures and case-based lessons. 

Assessment methods

Oral Exam

Teaching tools

Power point slides and videos. 

Office hours

See the website of Lorenzo Fuccio

See the website of Leonardo Henry Umberto Eusebi

See the website of Carlo Calabrese