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Health professions degree in
Nursing
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

ANALGESIC TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE
cod. PC1008494

Academic year 2024/25
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Marco BACIARELLO
Academic discipline
Anestesiologia (MED/41)
Field
Interdisciplinari e cliniche
Type of training activity
Characterising
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PIACENZA
course unit
in ITALIAN
lectures timetable unavailable
exam calls

Integrated course unit module: SURGERY CLINIC

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Learning objectives

- Understanding how chronic pain develops.
- Examination of patients with chronic pain.
- Knowledge of common painful conditions
- Knowledge of treatment modalities.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

- Pathophysiology of acute and chronic pain.
- Clinical aspects of common painful conditions.
- Drugs used to treat acute and chronic pain.
- The concept of palliative care.

Full programme

- Transduction and conduction of pain stimuli in the nervous system
- Pathophysiology of neuropathic pain
- Common painful states: low back pain, radiculopathy, arthritis
- Clinical pharmacology of analgesics and adjuvants: antiinflammatory drugs, opioids, antidepressants, anticonvulsants etc.

Bibliography

Study material will be delivered during classes.

Teaching methods

Live lectures. Online or mixed-mode lectures in cases where the instructor is unable to reach the location.

Assessment methods and criteria

Questions during the integrated course examination.

Other information

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