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Endocrine, Metabolic and Gastroenteric Diseases - Module of Gastroenterology
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Endocrine, Metabolic and Gastroenteric Diseases - Module of Gastroenterology
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Academic year 2020/2021
- Course ID
- SCB0211B
- Teacher
- Prof.ssa Alessia Ciancio (Lecturer)
- Modular course
- Year
- 3rd year
- Teaching period
- Second semester
- Type
- Basic
- Credits/Recognition
- 3
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- MED/12 - gastroenterologia
- Delivery
- Lecture
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- Mandatory
- Type of examination
- Practice test
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
The means proposed for this purpose include:
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The knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the individual diseases;
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The collection of anamnestic data structured by problems;
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The patient's physical signs;
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The knowledge of the biotechnological and instrumental resources that can be used;
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The critical evaluation and the ability to correlate clinical symptoms, physical signs and functional alterations with pathological lesions, interpreting their production mechanisms and understanding their clinical significance;
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The concept of therapy.
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Results of learning outcomes
- After attending the course students must:
• Knowledge of the anatomical and physiological basis of the hepatic system;
• Suspect the presence of acute or chronic liver disease;
• Activate decision-making processes based on patient conditions, altered parameter values, laboratory reports and examinations;
• Manage the care of patients with liver diseases, and manage the follow-up of patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
• Discuss clinical cases focusing on clinical suspicion, diagnostic approach and therapeutic options;
• Identify educational interventions aimed at people who must continue treatment at home or continue self-management of the disease.
- After attending the course students must:
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Course delivery
Frontal
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Learning assessment methods
lecture and videos
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Support activities
Video
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Program
Natural history of liver diseases
Chronic liver disease as a reversible disease
Meaning of main serological and virological markers
Diagnostic and therapeutic program of the patient with chronic liver diseases
Suspected signs and typical imaging of cirrhosis
Complications of cirrhosis: meaning, clinical approach, prognosis and counseling
Approach to clinical emergencies in liver cirrhosis
Liver Diseases and SARS.CoV2 infection
Suggested readings and bibliography
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Fibrosis in chronic liver disease: diagnosis and management. M. Pinzani, K Rombouts, S. Colagrande. J Hepatology 2005 S22-S36
Liver enzyme alteration: a guide for clinicians. Edoardo G. Giannini, Roberto Testa, Vincenzo Savarino JAMC 2005; 172 (3) - DOI:10.1503/cmaj.1040752
Interrelationship Between Coronavirus infection and liver Disease Esperance A. K. Schaefer, M.D., M.P.H., Ashwini Arvind, M.B.B.S., Patricia P. Bloom, M.D., and Raymond T. Chung, M.D. CliniCal liver Disease, vOl 15, nO 5, MaY 2020
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