RHEUMATOLOGY
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Know the main inflammatoryand degenerative Rheumatic Diseases; know how to describe them from a clinicaland diagnostic point of view; know the main therapeutic strategies andimplications
Course contents summary
Classification ofRheumatic Diseases
- Inflammatory Arthropathies ( (diagnosis, , diagnosticproblems, clinical features, therapy)
a) Rheumatoid Arthritis
b) ) Seronegative spondyloarthritis ( (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's Syndrome)
-Sjogren¿s syndrome
- Connective tissuediseases (diagnosis, , diagnostic problems, clinical features, therapy)
a) LES?
b)Scleroderma?
c)Dermato polymyositis
-Vasculitis (diagnosis, , diagnostic problems, clinical features, therapy)
a)Polymyalgia Rheumatica?
b)Temporal artheritis
-Osteoarthritis (diagnosis, , diagnostic problems, clinical features, therapy)
-Microcrystalline Arthropathies (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinicalaspects)
-Extra-articular rheumatism: Fibromyalgia (diagnosis, , diagnosticproblems, clinical features, therapy)
-Paget¿s disease
-Osteoporosis
-Algodystrophy
-Rheumatic Diseases Therapy
NSAIDs
Corticosteroids
DMARDS
Chondroprotective agents
Recommended readings
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
MALATTIEREUMATICHE
S.TODESCO, P.F GAMBARI
ED. MAC GRAW HILL
PROFESSOR'S NOTES
Teaching methods
oral lessons