DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY APPARATUS

The course wants to identify the most frequent pulmonary diseases and to define their clinical features. We will pay particular attention to environmental and occupational diseases. Our understanding of these chest diseases will advance on two front: the first by improving clinical and pathogenetic knowledges, the second by the improvement of our understanding of occupational and environmental factors causing lung changes. In particular, we will study Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology, Acute and Chronical Diseases (Asthma,COPD,Emphysema), Interstitial Lung Diseases/Enviromental and Occupational Lung Diseases, Respiratory and Pulmonary Infections, Lung Cancer, Disorders of the Pleura.