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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 2020/21
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: -
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.

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 lectures in case of restrictions or low class attendance.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam (1 question during the integrated course oral exam)

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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