Medicine and surgery | University of Parma

Professor: Carlo FERRARI
Academic discipline: Malattie infettive (MED/17)
Field: Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
Type of training activity: More

10 hours
of face-to-face activities

1 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

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exam calls

Integrated course unit module: BLOOD

Learning objectives

Provide the student with the theoretical and practical basis for a correct management of patients suffering from infectious diseases either hospitalized or followed in the outpatient clinic

Prerequisites

Semeiology and microbiology basis

Course unit content

Anamnesis, physical examination, diagnosis and therapy of infectious disease cases hospitalized in the Unit of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology of Parma; participation in the visit of patients with HCV, HIV, HBV infections followed in the outpatient clinic; participation in the diagnostic (flow cytometry and serum biochemistry) and research (immunopathogenesis of HBV and HCV infections) laboratory activity; participation in the ultrasound activity conducted on patients with liver diseases.

Full programme

Hospitalized patients: anamnesis, physical examination, diagnosis and therapy of infectious disease cases. Ultrasound section: participation in the ultrasound activity conducted on patients with liver diseases. Laboratory section: illustration of the use of flow cytometry and serum biochemistry in diagnosis and immunological assays of humoral and cell-mediated immunity in the activity of laboratory research in the field of the immunopathogenesis of HBV and HCV infections

Bibliography

Leonardo Calza. Principi di malattie infettive. Società Editrice Esculapio.
Mauro Moroni, Roberto Esposito, Fausto De Lalla. Malattie Infettive. Società Editrice Masson

Teaching methods

Direct involvement of the student in the reasoned evaluation of clinical cases relative to patients either hospitalized or visited in the outpatient clinic or undergoing diagnostic ultrasound examinations for infectious diseases.

Assessment methods and criteria

Questions on the discussed topics and autonomous execution of the different phases of the physical examination.

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