Learning outcomes
The main objective of the lessons is to provide the students with the primary information regarding normal physiology and development of pediatric age, together with essential notions for diagnosis and treating diseases occurring in childhood. Particular attention will be paid to hematological, oncological, immunological, and infectious disorders. At the end of the course, students must be familiar with the principal and peculiar pediatric diseases.
Course contents
Neonatology
Physical examination of the newborn, infant jaundice and hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn, neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis, hyaline membrane disease, retinopathy of prematurity, intracranial-intraventricular hemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia,
Endocrinological disorders
Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus and other specific types of diabetes (MODY, neonatal diabetes), diabetes insipidus, obesity and metabolic syndrome, precocious/delayed puberty, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid nodules, neoplasia of the thyroid, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, disorders of sex development
Cardiovascular System
Fetal-neonatal and transitional circulation, congenital heart malformations
Respiratory disorders
Bronchiolitis, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Asthma
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, inflammatory bowel disease (chronic ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, celiac disease).
Rheumatic Diseases
Rheumatic disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Kawasaki disease, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, rheumatic fever
Nephro-urological diseases
Urinary Tract Infections, Glomerulonephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome
Neurological disorders
Febrile seizures, acute bacterial meningitis, viral meningoencephalitis
Infectious diseases
Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections, Epstein-Barr Virus
Hematological diseases
Immunodeficiency, anemias, thalassemia syndromes, leukemias, thrombocytopenia, lymphoma, histiocytosis syndromes, Wilms tumor, neuroblastoma
Genetic syndromes
S. Klinefelter, S. Turner, S. Down, S. Prader Willi.
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