OVERVIEW

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

Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes.

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

Exam Board

ANNA MARGHERITA CORRADI (President)

ANNA FASSIO (President)

PIERO RUGGERI (President)

FABIO BENFENATI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LAURA AVANZINO (President Substitute)

MARCO BOVE (President Substitute)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy