To know the fundamental of pulmonary function, to define the main respiratory diseases and their diagnostic criteria and to know therapy
Course Prerequisites
Basics of anatomy and physiology
Teaching Methods
Classroom lessons
Assessment Methods
Oral exam
The Integrated Heart&Lung Course (Harvey) is awarded 11 credits. The course is characterized by 5 subjects to which different CFU are attributed, listed below Cardiology 4 CFU Heart Surgery 1 CFU Respiratory Diseases 4 CFU Thoracic Surgery 1 CFU Vascular Surgery 1 CFU
Once all the exams of the course have been taken, in the verbalization session, the student is assigned a grade which is the result of the weighted average of the grades of all five exams taken and passed, in proportion to the number of credits for each exam.
Texts
HARRISON’s Principles of Internal Medicine. McGraw Hill
ERS (European Respiratory Society) Handbook of Respiratory Medicine
Contents
The aim of this course is to provide a scientific basis for the practice of, and research into, respiratory medicine. It will allow students to understand the molecular, cellular and pathophysiological processes of a range of pulmonary diseases and provides the base for thoracic surgery treatment. At the end of the course, students should be able: to perform a clinical examination of a patient with a suspected respiratory illness; to know what are the commonest tools supporting clinical examinations and their diagnostic implications. They should know for each disease: definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical and instrumental diagnostic tools, natural history, complications, therapy, management of the emergency, management of respiratory failure, indications for thoracic surgery, and management of patients with lung transplant.
