Medical Pathophysiology

A.Y. 2024/2025
6
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
MED/06 MED/09 MED/13 MED/14 MED/15
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course will provide : 1. the principles of the clinical approach to diagnosis and treatment of neoplasms and their complications; 2. the knowledge of the main pathophysiological bases of cardiovascular, respiratory and gastroenterological diseases and their application to clinical practice focusing on the laboratory diagnostic aspects; 3. the knowledge of the clinical presentation and the pathophysiology of the main endocrine diseases, of the most important hormonal tests and of the main dynamic testing and imaging techniques; 4. the knowledge of the main changes associated with renal diseases, and the most relevant electrolyte and acid-base derangements; 5. the basis to understand the molecular and biological mechanisms of blood diseases and their classification systems, in order to acquire the information for carrying out laboratory diagnostic tests useful for characterizing these forms.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student must be able to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the main pathologies of organs and systems, with particular regard to those aspects that constitute the biological foundation and the object of the laboratory diagnostic approach.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Prerequisites for admission
The student must have previously acquired the general concepts of eukaryotic cell biology and those of biochemistry and molecular biology and basic knowledge concerning human anatomy and physiology, as well as those related to immunology and general pathology.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be written and will concern the topics listed in the program. In particular, each student will be given a test with 10 multiple choice questions and 2 open questions chosen from the topics of the five modules of the course for which the student must make a written paper.
The evaluation is a grade expressed out of thirty.
Medical oncology
Course syllabus
Neoplastic disease
∙ Cancer treatment
∙ Clinical oncological methodology
∙ Complications of cancer disease
∙ Complications of cancer treatment
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons supported by visual means.
Teaching Resources
The material will be provided to the student during the lessons
Internal medicine
Course syllabus
Cardiology
∙ Electrophysiology, ECG and electromechanical events of the cardiac cycle
∙ Arrhythmias, long QT syndrome
∙ Atherosclerosis
∙ Ischemic myocardial disease
∙ Hypertension
∙ Heart failure
Transient loss of consciousness
Pneumology
∙ Pathophysiology of respiration
∙ Airway infections, pneumonia
∙ Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Gastroenterology
∙ Celiac disease, malabsorption
∙ Chronic inflammatory bowel disease
∙ Acute and chronic hepatitis
∙ Jaundice
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons supported by visual means.
Teaching Resources
Le basi patologiche della malattia-Robbins
Principi di medicina interna-Harrison
Endocrinology
Course syllabus
Physiology of hormone secretion and action;
Pathophysiology of the most important endocrine diseases: Diabetes, Pituitary disorders, Thyroid diseases, Adrenal diseaes, Gonadal disorders
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons supported by visual means.
Teaching Resources
Core curriculum, Endocrinologia e Metabolismo
di FAGLIA G.
Editore: McGraw-Hill
Nephrology
Course syllabus
. Pathophysiology of glomerular function
∙ Pathophysiology of tubular function
∙ Regulation of the sodium and water balance and its alterations
∙ Pathophysiology of endocrine function of the kidney
∙ Acid-base balance and its alterations
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons supported by visual means.
Teaching Resources
Nefrologia
di Garibotto G e Pontremoli R
Edizioni Minerva Medica
Blood diseases
Course syllabus
General concepts of hematopoiesis
∙ Anemias
∙ Acute myeloid and lymphoid leukemias
∙ Myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndromes
∙ Lymphomas and lymphoproliferative syndromes
∙ Pathologies of hemostasis
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons supported by visual means.
Teaching Resources
The material will be provided to the student during the lessons
Blood diseases
MED/15 - BLOOD DISEASES - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Professor: Fattizzo Bruno
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Fattizzo Bruno
Endocrinology
MED/13 - ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Shifts:
Internal medicine
MED/09 - INTERNAL MEDICINE - University credits: 2
Lessons: 20 hours
Shifts:
Turno
Professors: Motta Irene, Solbiati Monica
Medical oncology
MED/06 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Casali Paolo Giovanni
Nephrology
MED/14 - NEPHROLOGY - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Shifts:
Turno
Professor: Alfieri Carlo Maria
Professor(s)
Reception:
upon appointment via email
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan