CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEUROPSYCHIATRY

Claudia MANDATO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEUROPSYCHIATRY

1060100036
DIPARTIMENTO DI MEDICINA, CHIRURGIA E ODONTOIATRIA "SCUOLA MEDICA SALERNITANA"
EQF7
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
2021/2022

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 5
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1PEDIATRIA - MOD CHIRURGIA PEDIATRICA E INFANTILE
112LESSONS
2PEDIATRIA - MOD PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICA
672LESSONS
3PEDIATRIA - MOD NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE
112LESSONS
Objectives
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF PEDIATRICS SECTION
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE ACQUIRED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE STATE OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS OF THE NEONATAL AGE, OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE AS REGARDS THE COMPETENCE OF THE NON-SPECIALIST DOCTOR AND THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE CONDITIONS THAT NEED OF THE SPECIALIST'S INTERVENTION.
THE POINTS OF THE PROGRAM IN COMMON WITH THE OTHER COURSES WILL BE CARRIED OUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PEDIATRIC PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL TOPICS.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES: ACQUISITION OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC, PREVENTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES OF THE MAIN PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGIES
Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF BIOCHEMISTRY, ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY, PHYSIOLOGY, GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY

Contents
COURSE CONTENT / PROGRAM

NOTIONS OF PEDIATRIC SEMEIOLOGY:
1. THE CHILD IS NOT A SMALL ADULT
2. APPROACH TO THE HEALTHY AND SICK CHILD AND HIS FAMILY.

NEWBORN
• NORMAL NEWBORN ASSISTANCE;
• THE HEALTHY NEONATE
• MAJOR NEONATAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RESPIRATORY ISSUES, JAUNDICE AND METABOLIC EMERGENCIES.
• ASPHYXIA AND REANIMATION OF THE NEWBORN;
• PRETERM BABY OF LOW WEIGHT (DEFINITIONS, CLINIC, ASSISTANCE);

FEEDING
• NUTRITION OF THE TERM AND PRETERM INFANT.
• BREASTFEEDING AND FORMULAS
• WEANING
• FEEDING AFTER THE FIRST YEAR;
• PRINCIPLES OF DIETETICS

AUXOLOGY
• AUXOLOGY: PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF GROWTH AND PERCENTILES CHARTS
• SHORT STATURE
• OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY AND THINNESS; FAILURE TO THRIVE
• METABOLIC SYNDROME
GENETIC-METABOLIC HEREDITARY DISEASES
• MAJOR MALFORMATIVE AND GENETIC SYNDROMES;
• GENETICS OF MENTAL RETARDATION
• CLASSIFICATION OF INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM AND STORAGE DISEASES
• NEONATAL SCREENINGS

METABOLIC / ENDOCRINOLOGICAL DISEASES
• RICKETS AND METABOLISM OF VITAMIN D
• DIABETES
• HYPOTHYROIDISM;
• ADRENO-GENITAL SYNDROME;

IMMUNODEFICIENCES AND INFECTIONS
• PRIMITIVE AND SECONDARY IMMUNO DEFICIENCIES;
• RECURRENT INFECTIONS;
• CONGENITAL INFECTIONS;

• PROPHYLAXIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES: VACCINATIONS
• EXANTHEMATIC DISEASES;
• PERTUSSIS;
• MUMPS;
• MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS;
• TUBERCULOSIS;
• HERPETIC INFECTION;

RHEUMATOLOGY
• VASCULITIS
• JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS
• RHEUMATIC FEVER;

HEMATOLOGY
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM;
• KNOW HOW TO READ THE BLOOD COUNT
• DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ANEMIAS
• HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES;
• DEFICIENCY ANEMIAS AND HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS;
• PLATELETS DISEASES;
• HEMOPHILIA;
• ACUTE LEUKEMIAS AND LYMPHOMAS;
• CNS TUMORS;
• NEUROBLASTOMA AND NEFROBLASTOMA;

RESPIRATORY DISEASES
• FARINGOTONSILLITIS AND OTITIS;
• LARYNGITIS
• BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
• BRONCHIOLITIS
• PNEUMONIA
• CYSTIC FIBROSIS;

GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATHOLOGY
• CELIAC DISEASE AND OTHER MALABSORPTION AND CHRONIC DIARRHEA SYNDROMES
• ACUTE DIARRHEA
• CHRONIC HEPATITIS AND OTHER CAUSES OF HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA
• INTRA AND EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS;

KIDNEY DISEASES
• URINALYSIS
• HEMATURIA AND PROTEINURIA
• ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;
• TUBULOPATHIES
• URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CARDIOLOGY
• CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

PEDIATRIC SURGERY:
• ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA / HYPERTROPHIC STENOSIS OF THE PYLORUS / CONSTIPATION AND MEGACOLON AGANGLION / GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX;
• ABNORMALITIES OF THE PIELOURETERAL JOINT;
• BILIARY ATRESIA

INFANTILE NEUROPSYCHIATRY:
• FIELD SKILLS OF CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY;
• NEURO-PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT;
• INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SYNDROMIC AND NON SYNDROMIC AND LEARNING DISABILITY
• AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS;
• NEUROMOTOR PATHOLOGY
• PAROSYSMAL EPILEPTIC AND NON EPILEPTIC DISORDERS
BAHAVIORAL DISORDERS: ADHD, DOP, DC
ANSIETY, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE, DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS

Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS
•VIDEOS
• WORKING GROUPS AND RELATED PRESENTATIONS
Verification of learning
DURING THE ORAL EXAMINATION, KNOWLEDGE IS ASSESSED THROUGH SPECIFIC AND DETAILED QUESTIONS AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE MASTERY OF THE BASIC ANATOMO-PHYSIO-PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS OF FUNDAMENTAL CLINICAL PICTURES. THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDIVIDUAL TOPICS IS THEN ASCERTAINED THROUGH THE RESOLUTION OF SIMPLE CLINICAL CASES, INVITING THE STUDENT TO JUSTIFY THE REASONING AND THE DIAGNOSTIC-THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE. THE ABILITY THEN TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDIVIDUAL TOPICS WILL BE DEEPENED BY TRACING THE STUDENT FROM THE SYMPTOM OR FROM THE CLINICAL SIGN TO THE UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY, MAKING CORRELATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS.

The exam grade is expressed in thirtieths.
Collegial evaluation of the members of the exam Commission.

Texts
MANUALE DI PEDIATRIA DI TOM LISSAUER, WILL CARROLL
EDITORE: EDRA DATA DI PUBBLICAZIONE: MARZO 2018 – PREZZO COPERTINA 39.00/33.00 EURO
INTEGRATED COURSE OF PEDIATRICS
SSD MED / 38 - GENERAL AND SPECIALIST PAEDIATRICS (6 CREDITS)
MED / 39 - CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY (1 CREDIT)
MED 20 / PEDIATRIC SURGERY (1 CREDIT)
NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE: MILITERNI R. MANUALE DI NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE. ED. IDELSON-GNOCCHI
FABBRO: NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE- ED. CAROCCI
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