DISEASE OF THE KIDENY AND URINARY SYSTEM

Massimo CIRILLO DISEASE OF THE KIDENY AND URINARY SYSTEM

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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY "SALERNITANA MEDICAL SCHOOL"
EQF7
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 4
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1MALATTIE DELL’APPARATO UROPOIETICO - MOD UROLOGIA
224LESSONS
2MALATTIE DELL’APPARATO UROPOIETICO - MOD NEFROLOGIA
224LESSONS
3MALATTIE DELL’APPARATO UROPOIETICO - MOD NEFROLOGIA
112LESSONS
4MALATTIE DELL’APPARATO UROPOIETICO AFP - MOD UROLOGIA
125INTERNAL STAGE
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO TEACH THE FOLLOWINGS:
- KNOWLEDGE DI SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, LAB TESTS AND OTHER TESTS IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
- HOW TO COLLECT THE MEDICAL HISTORY
- KNOWLEDGE DI DISEASES AND SYNDROMES IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
- FUNDAMENTALS OF THERAPY (NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND SURGICAL) IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY, INCLUDING FUNDAMENTALS OF DIALYSIS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
- KNOWLEDGE OF BENEFIT/RISK RATIO IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND TREATMENTS IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
- KNOWLEDGE OF THE INFORMED CONSENT IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION:
- KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION OF PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY, OOF THE URINARY TRACT, AND OF THE MALE GENITAL APPARATUS.

ABILITY TO USE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION:
- COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY FOR COLLECTION OF MEDICAL HISTORY AND FOR THE INTERACTION WITH THE PATIENT AND HIS/HER FAMILY
- SELECTION AND PRESCRIPTION OF LAB TESTS AND OTHER TESTS IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
- JUDGEMENT IN THE OVERALL INTERPRETATION OF SYMPTOMS, SIGNS AND TESTS IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
- DESCRIPTION OF THE BENEFIT/RISK RATIO IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND IN THERAPIES IN NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY.
- ROLE OF THE NEPHROLOGIST AND OF THE UROLOGIST IN THE HOSPITAL AND IN THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC.
Prerequisites
IT IS REQUIRED THE KNOWLEDGE PROPER OF A STUDENT OF THE 4TH YEAR OF THE DIPLOMA IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY FOR THE FOLLOWING BRANCHES: ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY (KIDNEY, URINARY TRACT, AND MALE GENITAL APPARATUS), CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOPATHOLOGY (KIDNEY, URINARY TRACT, AND MALE GENITAL APPARATUS), AND CLINICAL METHODOLOGY (KIDNEY, URINARY TRACT, AND MALE GENITAL APPARATUS).
Contents
THE COURSE INCLUDES TWO MODULES: NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY.

NEPHROLOGY MODULE:
1. ESSENTIALS OF KIDNEY PHYSIOLOGY
2. FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE KIDNEY
3. GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
4. DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
5. PRIMARY HYPERTENSION AND KIDNEY -
HYPERTENSION SECONDARY TO NEPHROPATHY
6. EPH GESTOSIS - VASCULAR NEPHROPATHIES.
7. TUBULO-INTERSTITIAL NEPHROPATHIES - CYSTIC NEPHROPATHIES
8. URINARY STONE DISEASE
9. ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE
10. CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE
11. SODIUM EQUILIBRIUM AND EDEMA
12. POTASSIUM EQUILIBRIUM
13. ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM
14. CALCIUM-PHOSPHORUS EQUILIBRIUM
15. THE BASES OF DIURETIC DRUG TREATMENT
16. THE BASES OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUG TREATMENT
17. RENAL REPLACEMENT TREATMENT: DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANT.
18. THE BASES OF IMMUOSOPPRESSIVE TREATMENT

UROLOGY MODULE:
CLINICAL AND SURGICAL SEMEIOTICS OF THE URINARY TRACT AND MALE GENITALS
PROSTATITIS
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
PROSTATE CANCER
UROTHELIAL CANCER (UPPER URINARY TRACT AND BLADDER)
KIDNEY CANCER
TESTICULAR CANCER
PENILE CANCER
TREATMENT OF URINARY STONES
MAIN ANDROLOGICAL DISEASES (SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE)
URINARY INCONTINENCE
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES 60 HOURS OF FORMAL CLASSES AND 12 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAM INCLUDES A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL EXAMINATION. THE WRITTEN TEST IS BASED ON MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON ALL THE TOPICS OF THE CORE CURRICULUM. THE ORAL EXAMINATION TAKES PLACE AFTER THE WRITTEN THE TEST. A MINIMUM SCORE AT THE WRITTEN TEST IS REQUIRED FOR THE ADMISSION TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION.
Texts
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTBOOKS ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE NEPHROLOGY MODULE: “HARRISON'S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE” AND/OR “GOLDMAN-CECIL MEDICINE”.

THE FOLLOWING TEXTBOOK IS SUGGESTED FOR THE UROLOGY MODULE: COLLEGIO DEGLI UROLOGI: MANUALE DI UROLOGIA E ANDROLOGIA, ED.PACINI, PISA

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