COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE
Academic Year 2019/2020 - 2° Year- Neurology: Alfio Antonio Grasso
- Otorhinolaryngology: Salvatore Ferlito
- COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA: Giuseppe Mazzone
Scientific field
- MED/26 - Neurology
- MED/31 - Otorhinolaryngology
- MED/36 - Diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy
Term / Semester: 1°
ENGLISH VERSION
Learning Objectives
- Neurology
Acquisition of fundamental knowledge related to the main neurological diseases.
- Otorhinolaryngology
Basis of anatomy and physiology of the ENT district.
Knowledge of the major diseases of the nose, pharynx, larynx and neck.
Differential diagnosis between ENT diseases.
Basis of medical and surgical treatment.
- COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
General knowledge of Diagnostic Imaging and its main applications
Course Structure
- Neurology
Frontal lessons.
- Otorhinolaryngology
Frontal lessons
- COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
Practical theoretical lessons
Detailed Course Content
- Neurology
References of anatomy of the central and peripheral nervous system. Foundations of neurological examination. Strokes cerebri and other cerebrovascular diseases. Normal and pathological aging. Memory and related disturbances. Dementias. Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Demyelinating and dismielinating diseases. Classification and clinical features of epilepsy. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. Dysphagia in neurological diseases. Aphasias.
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Anatomy and physiology of the ear, larynx, and neck.
- Clinical and instrumental procedures for the diagnosis in ENT.
- Ear diseases: Etiology, physiopathology, clinical diagnosis and treatment.
- Diseases of the pharynx: Etiology, physiopathology, clinical diagnosis and treatment.
- Disorders of the larynx: Etiology, physiopathology, clinical diagnosis and treatment. - COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
Provide students with basic knowledge of radiology (ultrasound, traditional radiology, TC, RM and angiography) and their clinical applications
Textbook Information
- Neurology
Teaching material provided directly to the students during the attendance of the lectures, offered on computer support in .pdf format or .ppt, prepared by the teacher himself.
- Otorhinolaryngology
​- Otorinolaringoiatria. Albera – Rossi. Edizioni Minerva Medica. Torino
- Trattato di Otorinolaringoiatria ed Audiologia. Pignataro L., A. Cesarani, G. Felisati, A. Schindler. EdiSes.
- Educational materials distributed in class by the teacher
- COMUNICOLOGIA IN ETA' ADULTA E SENILE - Modulo DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
F. Mazzuccato: Anatomia radiologica. Tecnica e Metodologia – Piccin