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Teacher Gianluigi Pilu
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Credits 2
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SSD MED/40
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 9201)
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Course Timetable from Oct 20, 2021 to Dec 01, 2021
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the learning module the student will understand: the process of labor and parturition; the methodology and technology for the diagnosis and management of normal and abnormal labor; the evaluation of fetal well-being; the pathopshyology of puperperium
Course contents
Principles of biostatistics. Maternal, perinatal and infantile mortality in a global context. Pregnancy dating. The different stages of labor: latent phase, first, second and third stage of labor. Post-partum and puerperium. The complications of labor: malpositions, malpresentations, obstructed and prolonged labor, fetal distress, perineal dysfunction. Diagnosis and management of normal and abnormal labor, and fetal well-being evaluation. Operative deliveries. Induction of labor
Readings/Bibliography
Lectures published on line.
Spandrio R, Regalia A, Bestetti G: Fisiologia della Nascita. Dai prodromi al post-partum. Carocci Faber, Roma, 2014
Teaching methods
Oral presentations with slides and videos; simulations
Assessment methods
Written exam: multiple choices questions and discussion of one topic
Teaching tools
Slides, videos and other material on the University web-site
Office hours
See the website of Gianluigi Pilu
Alumni