ANESTHESIOLOGY
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Cardiocirculatory arrest: etiology. Pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatment
Acute myocardial infarction
Acute renal insufficiency
Circulation and respiratory tract ALS
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation- Mechanical ventilation principles
Shock: etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatment
Serious polytraumas. Coma and cerebral death, organ donation . Poisoning and intoxication
Monitoring the critical patient
Pulmonary diseases: ARDS,pulmonary embolism,edema,
Cardiac arrhythmias: etiology. Pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatment
Metabolism: uncompensated diabetes and other diseases
Acid-Base balance
Pathophysiology and therapeutic diagnostic path:
Acute abdomen: peritonitis and occlusion
Penetrating abdominal traumas: Hemoperitoneum.
Rupturing aneurysms and limb ischemias
Thoracic traumas and emerging diseases of the thorax and of the mediastinum
Prerequisites
no
Course contents summary
The student is expected to acquire information useful for: recognising the medical-surgical emergency conditions requiring the involvement of a specialist; assessing emerging clinical situations concerning organs and systems in the areas of critical medicine, surgery and cardiology. Recognise the main diseases with emerging prognosis quod vitam leading to an early clinic extrinsication. The diagnostic / therapeutic path, d ifferential diagnosis principles, the bases of treatment. The course will most of aIl focus on the concepts of triage and early differential diagnosis with a view to providing knowledge of the main international guidelines also using standard procedures
Recommended readings
M. Chiaranda: Guida Illustrata delle Emergenze- Piccin 2004
Teaching methods
Oral lesson
