CODE 61195 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 2 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/26 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 2 TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Neurological urgencies: coma, brain death, clinical and bioethical aspects and the importance and limits of electroencephalography and other instrumental exams AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge and understaning of the etiological, clinical, instrumental and prognostic factors of coma Knowledge and understanding of the clinical, instrumental and bioethical aspects of brain death and vegetative state TEACHING METHODS Theoric frontal lessons SYLLABUS/CONTENT Physiology of the conscious state and pathophysiology of consciousness disturbances Approaching the patient with a disturbance of consciousness Principal structural and metabolic causes of coma. Urgent medical and surgical treatment of patients with specific disturbances of consciousness and their prognosis Approach to the diagnosis of brain death and the clinical physiology of vegetative state and minimally conscious state RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Bernat James Ethical issue in Neurology. Butterwoth-Heinemann 2° edition 2002 Young et al. Coma and impaired consciousness : a clinical perspective. McGraw- Hill Medical 1998 J.B. Posner, C.B. Saper, N.D. Schiff, F. Plum. Stupor e coma (sottotitolo Edizione italiana basata sull'ultima edizione americana) Raffaello Cortina Editore 2004 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARIA MATILDE INGLESE Exam Board ANNA FASSIO (President) PIERO RUGGERI (President) PIETRO BALDELLI CARLA COGO EMANUELA LUISA FAELLI FABIO BENFENATI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LAURA AVANZINO (President Substitute) MARCO BOVE (President Substitute) ANNA MARGHERITA CORRADI (President Substitute) LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy
