Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
MED/09 (INTERNAL MEDICINE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2021 - 15/06/2021)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Having knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Semiotics and major diseases specialist
Learning outcomes
Main objective of the course is to make the student able to orient themselves - with the history and physical examination - to diagnosis and therapeutic approach of the most common diseases in the elderly on the basis of prior learning of pathophysiology in disciplines previously treated and to be aware of the relief of the neoplastic disease and epidemiology of the most frequent cancers in the population.
Course contents
Gerontology: the biology of aging; theories of aging; aging physiology of organs and systems; demographic aspects of senility.
Geriatrics: health and care organization elderly; Elder overall assessment: multidimensional assessment of self-sufficiency; Nutrition and Elder malnutrition; The fragility,immune alterations in aging; the most common cardiovascular diseases of the elderly; the most common elder respiratory diseases; the most common digestive diseases of the elderly; Constipation, the most common endocrine diseases of the elderly; the senile diabetes and its complications; the elder bone disease: osteoporosis and osteomalacia; falls. the elder cognitive disorders: dementia, cognitive deficits, delirium, normal pressure hydrocephalus, of affective disorders and depression in the elderly, the syndrome of immobilization; the hypokinetic syndrome, the pressure sores, fluid and electrolyte balance disorders in the elderly, dehydration, Outline of the sleep disorders in the elderly, the elder physical restraint, the pain and the elderly palliative care, Parkinson's disease , genito-urinary system and signs of urinary incontinence, urinary tract infections, prostatic hypertrophy; LEVELS OF SERVICE IN Geriatrics: network models in helping the elderly, the general problems of pharmacotherapy in old age.
Teaching methods
lessons, seminars, stages
Reccomended or required readings
- The Merck Manual of Geriatrics – Edizione Italiana; Ed. MediCom Italia
- A.E. Tammaro: Manuale di Geriatria e Gerontologia; Ed Mc Graw Hill
- V. Noto: Manuale di Ausili e Cure del Paziente Geriatrico a Domicilio;
Ed. UTET
- A. Capurso: Elementi di gerontologia e geriatria; Ed. NIS
-C.K. Cassel, Marco trabucchi: Medicina Geriatrica, CIC Edizioni 2005
-M. Mongardi: L’assistenza all’anziano, McGrawHill Editore2010
-V.Caimi, M. Tombesi: Ledicina Generale, UTET Edizioni 2003
-U.Senin, A.Cherubini, P.Mecocci: PAZIENTE ANZIANO E PAZIENTE GERIATRICO, Medicina della complessità,Fondamenti di Gerontologia e Geriatria, EDISES, 2017
Assessment methods
oral examination
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