- Docente: Loris Pironi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
The student will have achieved the following educational objectives: Knowledge and understanding: the theoretical bases of artificial nutrition (indications, implementation, monitoring and complications of artificial nutrition); Application of knowledge and understanding: prescribing a nutritional program in collaboration with the other involved professionals (nurses, pharmacists, dieticians); Autonomy in assessment and evaluation: critical evaluation of individual clinical cases, with regard to indications, contraindications, expected results from nutritional therapy; Communicative skills: informing patients, family and caregivers about the nutritional therapy, collaborating with the other involved professionals; Learning skills: developing skills that enable them to continue their training on these topics once the course is completed
Course contents
Artificial nutrition is a widely used medical treatment in the field of internal medicine, medical specialties, surgery and intensive care; requires specific knowledge that ere not provided by the regular program of the School of Medicine graduation. This couse will allow the student to acquire knowledge, understanding and use of artificial nutrition in hospital and at home according to clinical practice guidelines; the discussion of clinical cases (indications, implementation, monitoring and complications of artificial nutrition) will provide useful models for the medical practice
Venue, dates and times
Monday 4 February, time 14-18, Auletta Ginecologia pad 4
Thursday 5 February, time 14-18, Auletta Ginecologia pad 4
Monday 11 February, time 14-18, Aula Labò pad 5
Thursday 12 February, time 14-18, Auletta Ginecologia pad 4
Monday 18 February, time 14-18, Aula Labò pad 5
Thursday 19 February, time 14-18, Aula Placitelli pad 25
Topics and teachers
Malnutrition and catabolism, assessment of the nutritional status, indications for artificial nutrition (Prof. L. Pironi)
Parenteral nutrition: access routes to the venous system (Prof. M. Zanello)
Enteral nutrition: access routes to the digestive system and related complications (Prof. M. Di. Simone)
Nutritional requiremets(Prof. L. Pironi)
Metabolic complications of artificial nutrition (Prof. L. Pironi)
Artificial nutrition in the patient admitted to the internal medicine ward(Prof. L. Pironi)
Chronic intestinal failure and home artificial nutrition (Prof. L. Pironi)
Peri-operative artificial nutrition (Prof. M. Di Simone)
Artificial nutrition in surgical unit (Prof. M. Di Simone)
Enteral nutrition: complications of access routes to the digestive system and gastrointestinal complications (Prof. M. Di Simone)
Parenteral nutritional admixtures (Prof. L. Pironi
Enteral nutritional formulas (Prof. M. Di Simone)
Pharmaconutrition (Prof. M. Zanello)
Artificial nutrition in intensive care unit (Prof. M. Zanello)
Clinical cases (Prof. M. Di Simone, Prof. L. Pironi, Prof. M. Zanello)
Readings/Bibliography
Guidelines of the Società Italiana di Nutrizione Artificiale e Metabolismo (SINPE), free download at http://www.sinpe.org/ (all'interno dell'Area Servizi)
Guideliens of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism , free download at http://www.espen.org/
ESPEN recommendations: Definition and Classification of Intestinal Failure, free download at http://www.espen.org/
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussion of clinical cases
Assessment methods
Discussion of clinical cases
Teaching tools
Slides, gudelines, interactive discussion
Office hours
See the website of Loris Pironi