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FISIOPATOLOGIA, SEMEIOTICA E METODOLOGIA CLINICA - channel 3

Teaching Staff

PIETRO CASTELLINO - Module FISIOPATOLOGIA, SEMEIOTICA E METODOLOGIA MEDICA - MED/09 - 4 CFU
GUIDO NICOLA ZANGHI' - Module Physiopathology and semeiotics of surgical diseases - MED/18 - 4 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• Physiopathology and semeiotics of surgical diseases
  

  Provide the medical student the elements for the clinical and instrumental diagnosis of the pathologies of surgical interest

Course Structure

• Physiopathology and semeiotics of surgical diseases
  

  lectures

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Detailed Course Content

• Physiopathology and semeiotics of surgical diseases
  

  Clinical and instrumental semeiology of arterial and venous circulation. Examination of the lymph gland apparatus;
  
  • Pathophysiology and clinics of acute and chronic obstructive arteriopathies;
  • Hydro-electrolyte balance alterations. Pathophysiology of the edemas. Hydro-electrolyte balance in the surgical patient;
  • Shock: physiopathology and clinical approach;
  • Physical examination of the abdomen: clinical anatomy and landmarks, trigger points, alterations of the wall;
  • Abdominal pain: semeiology of the most important abdominal pain syndromes;
  • acute abdomen: physiopathology and clinics;
  • Intestinal obstruction: physiopathology and clinic; important diagnostic tests and their diagnostic significance;
  • Portal hypertension: pathophysiology, signs and symptoms; related clinical syndromes and significance of the most important diagnostic tests;
  • Semeiology of haemorrhagic syndromes of the digestive system (hematemesis, melena, rectorragia, etc.), evaluation and significance of the main diagnostic tests;
  • Obstructive jaundice: physiopathology, clinical and instrumental semeiology;
  • Main symptoms of the urinary tract disease (stranguria, tenesmus, pollakiuria, hematuria, etc.): definition and meaning. Physical examination, functional and instrumental assessment of the genito-urinary system;
  • Obstructive disorders: pathophysiology and clinical semeiology; main diagnostic tests;
  • Cancers of the digestive system: semeiology of the main clinical syndromes and diagnostic methodology (ultrasound, endoscopic examinations, radiology, biopsy, neoplastic markers etc);
  • Physical and functional examination of the thyroid; main thyroid diseases;
  • Physical examination and diagnostic methodology of main breast diseases;
  • Semeiotics and pathophysiology of the abdominal wall hernias
  • Pathophysiology and semeiotics of mediastinal syndromes;
  • Diagnostic method, functional and instrumental tests in respiratory diseases of surgical interest (needle aspiration, bronchoscopy, bronchoaspirate, etc.).

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Textbook Information

• Physiopathology and semeiotics of surgical diseases
  

  Metodologia Chirurgica, W. Montorsi, A. Pernacchia, P. Pietri - Ed. Minerva Medica;

  Semeiotica e fMetodologia Chirurgica, E. Berti Riboli, M. Gipponi - Ed. ECIG;

  Semeiotica Chirurgica e Metodologia Clinica, L. Gallone - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.

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