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COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE

Teaching Staff

ALFIO ANTONIO GRASSO - Module Neurology - MED/26 - 3 CFU
SALVATORE FERLITO - Module Otorhinolaryngology - MED/31 - 4 CFU
GIUSEPPE MAZZONE - Module COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA - MED/36 - 3 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• Neurology
  

  Acquisition of fundamental knowledge related to the main neurological diseases.

• Otorhinolaryngology
  

  Basis of anatomy and physiology of the ENT district.

  Knowledge of the major diseases of the nose, pharynx, larynx and neck.

  Differential diagnosis between ENT diseases.

  Basis of medical and surgical treatment.

• COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
  

  General knowledge of Diagnostic Imaging and its main applications

Course Structure

• Neurology
  

  Frontal lessons.

• Otorhinolaryngology
  

  Frontal lessons

• COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
  

  Practical theoretical lessons

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Detailed Course Content

• Neurology
  

  References of anatomy of the central and peripheral nervous system. Foundations of neurological examination. Strokes cerebri and other cerebrovascular diseases. Normal and pathological aging. Memory and related disturbances. Dementias. Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Demyelinating and dismielinating diseases. Classification and clinical features of epilepsy. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. Dysphagia in neurological diseases. Aphasias.

• Otorhinolaryngology
  

  - Anatomy and physiology of the ear, larynx, and neck.
  - Clinical and instrumental procedures for the diagnosis in ENT.
  - Ear diseases: Etiology, physiopathology, clinical diagnosis and treatment.
  - Diseases of the pharynx: Etiology, physiopathology, clinical diagnosis and treatment.
  - Disorders of the larynx: Etiology, physiopathology, clinical diagnosis and treatment.

• COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
  

  Provide students with basic knowledge of radiology (ultrasound, traditional radiology, TC, RM and angiography) and their clinical applications

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Textbook Information

• Neurology
  

  Teaching material provided directly to the students during the attendance of the lectures, offered on computer support in .pdf format or .ppt, prepared by the teacher himself.

• Otorhinolaryngology
  

  ​- Otorinolaringoiatria. Albera – Rossi. Edizioni Minerva Medica. Torino

  - Trattato di Otorinolaringoiatria ed Audiologia. Pignataro L., A. Cesarani, G. Felisati, A. Schindler. EdiSes.

  - Educational materials distributed in class by the teacher

• COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
  

  F. Mazzuccato: Anatomia radiologica. Tecnica e Metodologia – Piccin

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