AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

To know the principal acute and chronic pathologies of the evolutionary age. To know the principal pathologies that ask for a surgical intervention and the complications to them correlate. To learn the principal elements about the  main classes of drugs, their therapeutic uses, variability of answer, adverse reactions and the toxicity of drugs and substances of abuse.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To know the pharmacological actions, the meaningful adverse reactions , the contraindications  and precautions of use of drugs used in disorder of cardiovascular system, of  gastrointestinal tract and endocrine system. To acquire knowledges on the drugs to employ in acute and chronic inflammatory pathologies of the pediatric age. Finally it will be objective of the course to know the drugs employed for the prevention of the cardiovascular events with particular respect to the use of the anticoagulants and the tromboliticis. To acquire theoretical competences and practices for an optimal job of team.

TEACHING METHODS

The frontal lessons are held with the help of slides that are made available to all the students on Aulaweb.  During the frontal lessons, through interactive teaching, it is tried to correlate the educational programmers of the previous years.

Students with a certified learning disability, disability or other special educational needs are invited to contact the lecturers at the start of the course to agree on teaching methods which, whilst respecting the course objectives, take into account individual learning styles and provide appropriate compensatory tools.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Drugs active on cardiovascular system (antihypertensive agents, diuretic)

Drug active on the endocrine system (insulin and oral antidiabetic agents)

Drugs active on the inflammation and on the immune answer (FANS, glucocorticoid, drugs active on arthritis)

Drugs active on the blood (anticoagulants, thrombolytic and antithrombotics agents, hematopoietic agents)

Drugs affecting gastrointestinal function (antiulcer, anti-emetics, laxative)

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

All slides used during lessons will be available on Aulaweb.

For further reading, one of the following texts may be used:

• Farmacologia per le lauree triennali e magistrali; Taglialatela, ecc. Editore ‏: ‎ Idelson-Gnocchi
• La basi della farmacologia; Karen L. Whalen, Editore: Zanichelli

RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS:  

• Manuale di diagnosi e terapia pediatrica. A. Pession. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October–November

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The check of the correct ability to apply the acquired knowledges happens during the oral test. Any passive memorization is not recommended, while the ability to actively apply the knowledges acquired during the course through the reasoning and the synthesis is valorized.