SCIENZE INTERDISCIPLINARI I

Learning Objectives

• ENT

  ​Know the main notions of anatomy and patho-physiology of the auditory and vestibular

• Hygiene

  The student must demonstrate knowledge of the methods of epidemiological investigation to investigate the cause-effect relationships and evaluate the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic interventions, as well as the effective methodologies for the prevention of pathologies pertinent to the course of studies.

Detailed Course Content

• ENT
  1. Acoustic neuroma
  2. Auditory canal atresia or stenosis
  3. Auricular perichondritis
  4. Autoimmune inner ear disease
  5. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
  6. Bell's palsy
  7. Cholesteatoma
  8. Chronic suppurative otitis media
  9. Conductive hearing loss
  10. Dizziness
  11. Ear barotrauma
  12. Ear drainage
  13. Ear pain
  14. Earwax impaction
  15. Eustachian tube dysfunction
  16. Facial nerve tumors
  17. Fluid behind the eardrum
  18. Glomus jugulare tumor
  19. Glomus tympanicum tumor
  20. Labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis
  21. Mastoiditis
  22. Meniere's disease
  23. Middle ear infection
  24. Otosclerosis
  25. Perilymph fistula
  26. Ramsay Hunt syndrome
  27. Ruptured eardrum
  28. Sensorineural hearing loss
  29. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
  30. Superior semicircular canal dehiscense syndrome
  31. Temporal bone trauma
  32. Tinnitus
• Hygiene

  Definition, basic concepts and tasks of hygiene. Epidemiology: definition, characteristics and purpose. Demographics elements. Sources and methods of data collection. Association measures. Indicators of the social and health conditions of the population. Prevalence and incidence. Relative Risk, Individual Attributable Risk and Population Risk. Epidemiological studies: Descriptive; analytical; Experimental. Epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases: sources and reservoirs of infection; pathways of entry and elimination of pathogens; transmission methods; diffusive rhythms of infectious diseases (sporadic, endemic, epidemic and pandemic diseases). General prophylaxis: Direct prophylaxis (notification, epidemiological investigation, diagnostic assessment, isolation and default, health surveillance, sterilization, disinfection, disinfestation). Specific prophylaxis: Vaccinoprofilassi Immunoprofilassi. Chemoprophylaxis. Epidemiology and prevention of non-infectious diseases: Causes and risk factors. Genetic, environmental, behavioral risk factors. Prevention: in the living, working environment. Lifestyle modification: Health education. Secondary prevention: screening. Diseases of the cardiovascular system: epidemiology, risk factors, prevention. Malignant tumors: epidemiology, risk factors and prevention of the main tumors). Diabetes mellitus: general and classification. Risk factors. Prevention. Environmental factors and human health. Air pollution. Microclimate. Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

Textbook Information

• ENT

  - Otorinolaringoiatria. Albera – Rossi. Edizioni Minerva Medica. Torino

  - Trattato di Otorinolaringoiatria ed Audiologia. Pignataro L., A. Cesarani, G. Felisati, A. Schindler. EdiSes.

• Hygiene

  Igiene per le professioni sanitarie - Ricciardi W, Angelillo I.F et al, Editore Idelson Gnocchi, 2014