The student will need to know the main gastroenterological symptoms and understand how they relate to the main gastroenterological syndromes. The student must also learn the main diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, the pancreas and of the biliary tree.
Course Prerequisites
Having learnt gastrointestinal anatomy, physiology and histology. Completion of the surgical and medical semeiotics exams.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures, practical training in the outpatient clinic and ward.
Assessment Methods
Oral final exam, no mid course "in itinere" exams.
Texts
Rugarli C (ed.). Medicina Interna Sistematica. Capitoli su apparato gastroenterico, fegato, vie biliari, pancreas e oncologia gastroenterica.
Malattie dell’apparato digerente. UNIGASTRO Coordinamento Nazionale Docenti Universitari di Gastroenterologia (ed.).
Contents
-Dysphagia -Dyspepsia -Vomiting -Diarrhoea -Melena -Haematochezia -Jaundice -Ascites -Abdominal pain (acute and chronic) -Achalasia and oesophageal motility disorders -Gastroesophageal reflux disease -Neoplasms of the oesophagus -Peptic ulcer disease -Gastritis and gastropathies -H pylori -Neoplasms of the stomach -Malabsorption -Coeliac disease -Whipple's disease -Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth -Diverticular disease -Inflammatory bowel diseases -Irritable bowel syndrome -Benign and malignant colon neoplasms -Acute hepatitis -Chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis -Acute cholecystitis -Biliary colic -Liver tumours -Acute pancreatitis -Chronic pancreatitis -Pancreatic neoplasms
