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Teacher Fabio Pizza
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Credits 1
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SSD MED/26
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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 Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Also valid for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
The student will learn how to diagnose different sleep disorders and how to choose appropriatediagnostic tests for differential diagnosis.
The learned skills will be useful in the clinical setting of general and specialized medicine.
Course contents
- Daytime sleepiness: from a physiological to a pathological condition
- Tools to study excessive daytime sleepiness
- Hypersomnias of central origin: classification, disorders, and differential diagnosis
- Insomnia: classification, disorders, and differential diagnosis
Readings/Bibliography
- International Classification of Sleep Disorders, third edition (2014), American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Teaching methods
Lessons
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test and/or oral
Teaching tools
Powerpoint
Office hours
See the website of Fabio Pizza
Alumni