Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics

Medical sciences 1st - MEDICINA INTERNA

Course code

4S02657

Name of lecturer

Lucia De Franceschi

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6

Academic sector

MED/09 - INTERNAL MEDICINE

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

LEZIONI 1° SEMESTRE 2°-3°-4°-5°-6° ANNO dal Oct 1, 2020 al Dec 23, 2020.

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Learning outcomes

The course is aimed to discuss and generate knowledge on internal medicine diseases, focusing on those with clinical manifestations involving mouth, neck/head. Pathophysiology, clinical presentation and complications of internal medicine disorders is part of the course.

Syllabus

The program of the course is divided into the following sections:
1. Collection of patient history and clinical evaluation;
2. General concepts of laboratory in internal medicine disorders;
3. Hematology. Anemias, disorders of coagulation and thrombocytopenias, main and most common myeloproliferative disorders, lymphomas, bone marrow transplantation (acute and chronic complication such as GVDH);
4. Cardiology. Ischemic cardiomyopathy and acute heart infarction, left heart failure;
5. Shock
6. Endocarditis and valve heart diseases;
7. Hypertension
8. Pneumology. Pneumonias, pulmonary thromboembolism, COPD, acute and chronic bronchitis;
9. Nephrology: acute and chronic kidney disease;
10. Endocrinology. Diabetes, thyropathies (hyper/hypo); parathyroid diseases; adrenal gland diseases (i.e.: hyperaldosternism);
11. Reumathology. Main rheumatologic disease with complications involving mouth: RA, LES, Syogren S, Systemic sclerosis, Bechet disease, vasculitis;
12. Gastroenterology. (i) Main disorders of the esophagus, stomach in particular acute/chronic gastritis, HPP infection and related complications; (ii) malabsorption and coeliac disease; (iii) chronic bowel inflammatory diseases; (iv) hepatic cirrhosis;
13. Principles of infectious diseases important in dental care. HBV-HCV hepatitis, AIDS, herpes virus and tuberculosis.

Interactive discussion of clinical cases related to daily practice is part of the course, generally closing the different subsections of the course.

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