Learning objectives
To Acquire the basics of physical, symptomatological and instrumental semeiotics of the main pathologies of the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases
Prerequisites
Prerequisites in the plan of studies
Course unit content
Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
Full programme
Program.
Respiratory diseases.
1) Main symptoms and signs of respiratory diseases: cough, sputum, hemoptysis, wheezing, and shortness of breath, chest pain, stridor and abnormal breathing, cyanosis, systemic manifestations of lung disease (clubbing et c).
2) Instrumental semiotics: outlines of diagnostic imaging (chest X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, PET), bronchoscopy (outline), thoracentesis, colture, bronchoalveolar lavage, functional assessment (spirometry, nitric oxide, blood gases)
3) obstructive diseases: asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis (including cystic fibrosis)
4) restrictive diseases: interstitial diseases, granulomatous diseases (outline), pleurisy.
5) Infectious diseases: laryngitis, tracheobronchitis, pneumonia
6) pulmonary vascular diseases: pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension
Cardiovascular diseases
1) Main symptoms and signs of cardiovascular disease: chest pain, dyspnea, cough, palpitations, dizziness, syncope, fainting, cyanosis, edema, nocturia / oliguria ..
2) Instrumental Semeiotics and laboratory. ECG, ECG, ECG sec. Holter, echocardiography, intravascular catheterization (coronary angiography et c), CT, MRI, scintigraphy, main laboratory exams.
3) congenital heart disease (outline)
4) Atherosclerosis
5) Hypertension: classification, measurement, evaluation, secondary hypertension
6) Valvular diseases
7) Ischemic heart disease: angina, myocardial
8) Diseases of the myocardium and pericardium: an outline
9) Heart Failure
10) arrhythmias: atrial fibrillation, brady and tachy arrhythmias
11) Shock (outline)
12) aortic aneurysms
Bibliography
Massini R et al. Medicina Interna. IV edizione- Ed. Mc Graw Hill - Milano
