INTERNAL MEDICINE
cod. 14551

Academic year 2023/24
2° year of course - First semester
Professors
Academic discipline
Medicina interna (MED/09)
Field
Primo soccorso
Type of training activity
Basic
21 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in

Integrated course unit module: PATHOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION CLINIC

Learning objectives

The course is part of General Medicine Teaching or integrated course of Medicine I. 
The course aims to enable the student to know and to understand the essential elements of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of major diseases of internal medicine general interest, also in order to allow the student the ability to use knowledge and understanding acquired in identifying the patient's problems related to the condition of the person suffering from the disease to internal medicine and general preparation of a plan of care appropriately.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of physiology, general pathology, semiotics

Course unit content

Systematic clinical approach to the patient's internist. Acceptance, clinical examination, laboratory and instrumental setting of examinations and their proper use; diagnostic and therapeutic. Setting the follow-up. Relations with the paziente and the family. Integration and coordination in the hospital.

Full programme

Course program of General Medicine
General symptoms:
• The sensory
• The facies
• The decubitus
• The skin and its alterations
• Fever and the changes induced by fever on the various organs and systems.

Diseases of various organs and systems:
Diseases of the respiratory system:
• Clinical Manifestations: disordered breathing, chest pain, acute and chronic cough, sputum, hemoptysis, and hemoptysis, cyanosis, for clubbing.
• Survey methods: laboratory, diagnostic imaging, functional assessment, endoscopy, techniques to obtain biological material.
• Pleural and pneumothorax
• Middle Clinical Overview: COPD, pneumonia.
Diseases of the cardiovascular system:
• General Symptoms of diseases of the heart: fatigue and lack of energy, difficulty breathing, cyanosis, palpitations, chest pain, edema, changes in urination, syncope.
• Instrumental investigations: ECG, chest X-ray, ECG, ECG dynamic, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, CT, MRI, PET, cardiac catheterization.
• primary and secondary arterial hypertension: diagnostic evaluation.
• Middle Clinical Overview: ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, valvular disease, pericardial effusion, heart failure, shock.
Diseases of the digestive system
• General Symptoms of diseases of the digestive symptoms (nausea and vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, malabsorption, dyspepsia, dysphagia, odynophagia, heartburn, esophageal pain, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding).
• Investigations in gastroenterology (endoscopy, diagnostic imaging radiology, ultrasound, endoscopic ultrasound, CT, MRI, scintigraphic examinations; manometry)
• Major symptoms: gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, chronic inflammatory disease.
Diseases of the liver
• General Symptoms: Jaundice, ascites, edema, rash, foetor hepaticus, altered state of consciousness.
• Semiotics functional liver: laboratory (parenchymal function indexes, cytolysis, cholestasis, of inflammation).
• Investigations in hepatology: ultrasound, CT, MRI, scintigraphy, laparoscopy and biopsy.
• Major symptoms: acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis
Diseases of the exocrine pancreas
• Symptoms of general acute and chronic diseases of the pancreas.
• Evaluation of laboratory, instrumental and imaging.
• Major symptoms: acute and chronic pancreatitis.
Diseases of the blood, lymphatic system and spleen:
• General Symptoms: The major hematologic syndromes: anemic, poliglobulica, neutropenic hemorrhagic piastrinopenica, from large spleen, linfoadenomegalica.
• Evaluation of clinical, laboratory and instrumental.
• Major symptoms: anemia, myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders, Piatrinopenie.
Diseases of the immune system, connective tissue, allergies
• General concepts
Bone diseases:
• General concepts of the main metabolic bone diseases.
• Diagnostic laboratory and instrumental evaluation of bone diseases.
Endocrine diseases
• Semiotics physical and clinical signs of major diseases of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, anterior and posterior pituitary, thyroid, adrenal cortex and medulla, testes and ovary.
• Semiotics physical and clinical signs of major diseases of metabolism, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, gout.
• Major symptoms: Acromegaly, Diabetes insipidus, hyper-and hypothyroidism, goiter, thyroiditis, thyroid nodule syndrome and Cushing's disease, pheochromocytoma, Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemia
Diseases of the kidney and urinary tract
• Main clinical signs of disease of the kidneys.
• Evaluation of laboratory, radiological and instrumental (urinalysis, renal function tests, diagnostic imaging, renal biopsy).
• Major symptoms: glomerular nephropathy, tubulointerstitial and vascular disorders. Urinary tract infections and kidney stones. Acute renal failure and chronic.

Bibliography

Medicina Interna - Renato Massini - 3^ Edizione - McGraw - Hill
Manuale di Medicina Interna - Ranuccio Nuti - Edizioni Minerva Medica

Teaching methods

The lectures will include the etiopathogenesis, the clinical pathophysiology and the diagnosis of the main pathologies of the various organs and systems.
Due to the emergency situation, lessons may also be delivered remotely (either in synchronous or asynchronous mode) via Microsoft Teams.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral part of the examination of Medicina I

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.medicina@unipr.it
T. +39 0521 033700

Quality Assurance Office

Education Manager:
Dr. Claudia Simone

T. +39 0521 033732
Office email didattica.dimec@unipr.it
Manager's email claudia.simone@unipr.it
Course President
Prof. Andrea Bacciu
E. andrea.bacciu@unipr.it

Guidance delegate

Prof. Maria Teresa Berghenti
E. mariateresa.berghenti@unipr.it

Tutor professors

Prof. Andrea Bacciu
E. andrea.bacciu@unipr.it
Prof. Maria Teresa Berghenti
E. mariateresa.berghenti@unipr.it
Prof. Vincenzo Vincenti
E. vincenzo.vincenti@unipr.it
Prof. Enrico Pasanisi
E. enrico.pasanisi@uinipr.it
Prof. Filippo Di Lella
E. filippo.dilella@unipr.it
 

Quality Assurance Manager

Prof. Vincenzo Vincenti
E. vincenzo.vincenti@unipr.it