Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
MED/10 (RESPIRATORY DISEASES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
NEUROPHYSIOPATHOLOGY TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (04/03/2024 - 07/06/2024)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Basics of anatomy and physiology
Learning outcomes
To know the fundamental of pulmonary function, to define the main respiratory diseases and their diagnostic criteria
Course contents
Respiratory pathophysiology, nosology of the main respiratory diseases, diagnostic methods and mention of the therapy
1. Introduction to the course
2. Anatomy and physiology
3. Lung function testing
4. Blood Gas Analysis and respiratory failure
5. Interpretation of the functional evaluation
6. Asthma
7. COPD and emphysema
8. Smoking and lung
9. Respiratory sleep disorders
10. Oxygen therapy and mechanical ventilation
11. Pneumonia
12. Tuberculosis
13. Lung cancer
14. Diseases of the mediastinum
15. Diffuse interstitial lung disease
16. Malformations and diseases of the chest wall
17. Pleural effusion and empyema, pneumothorax
Teaching methods
Classroom lessons
Reccomended or required readings
Documents provided to students (slides, handouts)
Principles of Internal Medicine. McGraw Hill
ERS (European Respiratory Society) Handbook of Respiratory
Medicine
Assessment methods
oral exam
Further information
oral exam
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa