- 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 02, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
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
Pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract:
- General semiotics
- diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation
- chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases
- Fever: classification and monitoring
Pathologies of the hepatobiliary-pancreatic tract:
- jaundice and ascites
- acute and chronic liver failure
Hematological disorders
- anemias
Endocrinological pathologies
- thyroid diseases
- diabetes
- hyperglycemic crises
- ketoacidotic coma
Water, electrolytes, edema and effusions
The framework: how the diagnosis is made with the help of simulated clinical cases
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.