Unit INTERNAL MEDICINE

Course
Medicine and surgery
Study-unit Code
GP004740
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
In all curricula
CFU
3
Course Regulation
Coorte 2014
Offered
2017/18
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

MEDICAL SEMEIOTICS - MOD. 1

Code GP004793
Location PERUGIA
CFU 1
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Fisiopatologia, metodologia clinica, propedeutica clinica e sistematica medico-chirurgica
Academic discipline MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

Canale A

CFU
1
Teacher
Leonella Pasqualini
Teachers
  • Leonella Pasqualini
Hours
  • 12 ore - Leonella Pasqualini

Canale B

CFU
1
Teacher
Giancarlo Agnelli
Teachers
  • Giancarlo Agnelli
Hours
  • 12 ore - Giancarlo Agnelli

MEDICAL SEMEIOTICS - MOD. 2

Code GP004794
Location PERUGIA
CFU 1
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Fisiopatologia, metodologia clinica, propedeutica clinica e sistematica medico-chirurgica
Academic discipline MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

Canale A

CFU
1
Teacher
Leonella Pasqualini
Teachers
  • Leonella Pasqualini
Hours
  • 12 ore - Leonella Pasqualini

Canale B

CFU
1
Teacher
Teachers
  • Paolo Gresele (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 12 ore (Codocenza) - Paolo Gresele
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
- General concepts in semiotics laboratory - The autoimmune diseases - Diseases of the heart and great vessels - Interpreting the CBC - The bleeding disorders and thrombotic - Laboratory markers in the disorders of the kidney and urinary tract- Cutaneous manifestations in internal medicine
Reference texts
Michael Laposata. Laboratory Medicine - The diagnosis of disease in the Clinical Laboratory, Ed. McGraw Hill (2010) Frada' e Frada'. Semeiotica medica nell'adulto e nell'anziano. Piccin Editore (2009)
Educational objectives
Through the formal activity and practical exercises, the student will be able to detect and interpret in pathophysiologic way the main symptoms and signs of illness and laboratory indicators related to several major groups of diseases (markers of autoimmune diseases, diseases of the the heart and great vessels, hematologic, bleeding and thrombotic disorders, gastroenterologic diseases, liver and pancreas diseases, endocrine disorders and cancer).
Prerequisites
Physiopathology, general pathology
Teaching methods
Face to face
Other information
It is strongly recommended required the attendance at least 80%) of the lessons in order to allow a good understanding of the arguments in the absence of a reference textbook. Materials presented during classes will be made available after the lessons.
Learning verification modality
Oral examination
Extended program
- Concepts in Laboratory Medicine - Clinical Laboratory Reference Values - The concept of diagnostic cut-off - The concept of sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, prevalence, incidence. - The concept of precision and accuracy in laboratory tests - Preanalytical variables and accuracy in laboratory tests - Preanalytical variables and interfering factors - Rational uUse of laboratory tests in clinical diagnostics: the use of screning tests, second and third level test- Autoimmune diseases of connective tissue - LES, Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease, rheumatoid arthritis, cryoglobulinemia, immune deficiencies, vasculitis. - Diseases of heart and great vessels - The laboratory in the differential diagnosis of chest pain - Biomarkers in the prognostic evaluation of cardiac damage - Congestive heart failure, laboratory markers - Atherosclerosis as a systemic disease - Atherosclerosis and inflammation - Risk factors for atherosclerosis - Laboratory tests in the assessment of cardiovascular risk: their use in combination with clinical and instrumental evaluation - Dysliplidemias- Hypertension: the laboratory in differential diagnosis - Blood count abnormalities and their clinical interpretation- Anemias - Erythrocytosis - Thrombocytopenia: clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis - Thrombocytosis and Thrombocytopenia - Leukopenias- Neoplastic and reactive leukocytosis - Haemorragic and thrombotic disorder- Clinical and laboratory approach in the patient with bleeding diathesis - Inherited defects of haemostasis, clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis - Acquired defects in hemostasis, clinical and laboratory approach - Hemostatic defects from functional alterations of platelets - Laboratory diagnosis of venous thromboembolism - Inherited and acquired thrombophilia

PROFESSIONALISING TRAINING IN SEMEIOTICS MEDICAL

Code GP004804
Location PERUGIA
CFU 1
Learning activities Altro
Area Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
Academic discipline MED/09
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

Canale A

CFU
1
Teacher
Leonella Pasqualini
Teachers
  • Leonella Pasqualini
Hours
  • 20 ore - Leonella Pasqualini

Canale B

CFU
1
Teacher
Giancarlo Agnelli
Teachers
  • Giancarlo Agnelli
Hours
  • 20 ore - Giancarlo Agnelli
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