GERIATRICS

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

6-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Disciplinary Sector:

Internal Medicine

Is part of:

INTERNAL MEDICINE II, GERIATRICS, ONCOLOGY AND DIETARY SCIENCE

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SCUTERI Angelo

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Having passed exams that are propedeutical to Internal Medicine II and Geriatrics

AF code:

40001779

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

To provide the student in Medicine with the methodological and conceptual instruments as well as the fundamental knowledge to approach the healthcare challenge related to ageing population and major geriatric syndromes

Contents

Ageing population: life-course approach.
Polipharmacy and multimorbidity
Hypoglycemia.
Delirium.
Treatment of behavioral symptoms in dementia
Anemia
Pneumonia in older subjects
No-neoplastic chronic pain
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Screening tests for global cognitive function, motor function, disability

Recommended Bibliography

None preferred

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