NUTRIZIONE E PATOLOGIE GASTROENTERICHE ONCOLOGICHE E CHIRURGICHE
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 3° Year
Teaching Staff
Scientific field
Term / Semester: 2°
- GASTROENTEROLOGIA: Daniela Catalano
- ONCOLOGIA MEDICA: Paolo Vigneri
- CHIRURGIA GENERALE: Domenico Russello
- ENDOCRINOLOGIA: Francesco Frasca
- Radiodiagnostic: Stefano Palmucci
Scientific field
- MED/12 - GASTROENTEROLOGY
- MED/06 - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
- MED/18 - GENERAL SURGERY
- MED/13 - ENDOCRINOLOGY
- MED/36 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
- Radiodiagnostic
The student should know main methods and machines used in diagnostic imaging; to understande the diagnostic process of main diseases; to learn how to prepare patients before radiodiagnostic procedures, namely when contrast administration is required
Detailed Course Content
- Radiodiagnostic
- Radiodiagnostic (radiobiology, radioprotection, principles of justification and optimization)
- Imaging procedures
- X-rays production (definition and application of X-ray tube); properties of ionizing radiations (photoelectric effect, Compton effect, ionizations mechanism);
- Computed Tomography (CT) scanner; (background, evolution, models, components of CT room scanner);
- Contrast media (classification: radiographic, sonographic, MRI); use of contrast media; adverse reactions;
- Principles and machines used in Ultrasonography (clinical applications in maternal-fetal contest, etc); clinilcal applications of ultrasonography in adults (liver, spleen, abdominal, thyroid US, etc);
- Principles of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging); MRI scanner; absolute and relative controindications for patients before MRI;
- Diagnostic process for respiratory disease (pneumothorax, trauma, hemoptysis, pneumonitis, neoplasia, enphysema, pulmonary nodule, pleural effusion); anatomy of chest radiography;
- Diagnostic process for main gastrointestinal diseases (jaundice, cholecystitis, appendicitis, Crohn);
- Abdominal X-ray in Emergency Room; imaging of gastrointestinal diseases;
- Imaging of main uro-genital diseases (renal lithiasis; non-neoplastic and neoplastic bladder diseases; prostate disease; ovarian diseases, scrotal diseases);
- Imaigng of SNC disease;
- Radiotherapt and Nuclear Medicine: principles and applications
Textbook Information
- Radiodiagnostic
1) Compendio di Radiologia” di Roberto Passariello e Giovanni Simonetti Editore Idelson – Gnocchi.
2) Fernando Mazzuccato – Anatomia Radiologica Tecniche e Metodologie in Radiodiagnostica (Piccin)