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The main and most common medical diseases pertaining to Internal Medicine will be treated in the course

MEDICINA INTERNA 7/ED di Renato Massini, Umberto Recine, Donatello Izzi, Patrizia Marchetti, Francesca Passeretti 2025Harrison's Principles of Internal medicine 22nd ED (online Access Medicine)

The course aims to provide the basics to know the main medical diseases pertaining to Internal Medicine, providing elements of epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical, evolution and possible disability.

Knowledge of physiology and bases of general pathology.

frontal lesson / remote multimedia teaching / interactive discussion with digital tools

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Written exam with multiple choice questions concerning the subjects that make up the integrated course.

Internal Medicine, presentation of the course, approach to the patient, signs of semiotics, diagnostic tests
Atherosclerosis: definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinic, hints of intervention
Diabetes mellitus: definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinic, hints of intervention. Management of hypoglycemia.
Obesity: definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinic, hints of intervention.
Measurement of arterial pressure: technique. Arterial hypertension: definitions, epidemiology, physiopathology, clinic, hints of intervention.
Hypotension. definition and clinical contexts
COPD: definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinic, the means of administering oxygen, hints of intervention, the role of respiratory rehabilitation.
HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinic, hints of intervention, brief checklist of individual protection for health workers.
Liver diseases with particular attention to viral hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis: definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinic, hints of intervention
Alcoholism: definitions, epidemiology, clinic, hints of intervention.
Anemias: definitions, epidemiology, physiopathology, clinic, hints of intervention.
Doping in sport: dimension of the problem, doping substances, deleterious effects on health, dietary supplements.

Acquire basic knowledge about the main medical diseases pertaining to Internal Medicine in order to proceed with an appropriate rehabilitation program.