REHABILITATION IN THE CARDIO RESPIRATORY AREA Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: CLAUDIO ANDREETTI
Module 1: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
- Activity type
- Scienze della fisioterapia
- SSD
- MED/10
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 20 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- STEFANIA GRECO
Module 2: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- Activity type
- Scienze della fisioterapia
- SSD
- MED/11
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 10 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- LUCREZIA NETTI
Module 3: THORACIC SURGERY
- Activity type
- Scienze interdisciplinari e cliniche
- SSD
- MED/21
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 10 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- CLAUDIO ANDREETTI
Module 4: CARDIAC SURGERY
- Activity type
- Scienze interdisciplinari e cliniche
- SSD
- MED/23
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 10 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- MIZAR D'ABRAMO
Module 5: TECHNICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES
- Activity type
- Scienze della fisioterapia
- SSD
- MED/48
- Year
- 3rd year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 20 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- Monica Zazzera
Learning outcomes
Understand the pathophysiological basis of major cardio-respiratory diseases requiring rehabilitation.
- Recognize timing and modalities of rehabilitation after thoracic and cardio-pulmonary surgery.
- Assess patient’s clinical status through cardio-respiratory monitoring.
- Apply respiratory and muscular rehabilitation protocols for post-operative recovery.
- Work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Identify common complications and prevention strategies.
- Tailor rehabilitation programs to individual patients.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of cardio-respiratory anatomy and physiology.
- Fundamentals of general pathology and pharmacology.
- Basic skills in clinical and instrumental semiology in thoracic diseases.
Programme
Management of the pleural drainage system.
Pneumothorax: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Pleural effusions: symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Thoracentesis. Particular pictures: Pleural empyema and pleural mesothelioma.
Lung cancer: symptoms, diagnosis, staging, and principles of surgical treatment. Thoracic surgical accesses.
Chest trauma
Chest wall disorders
Books
Module: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Oliaro - Loizzi - Bucca - De Rose – AVV. Malattie dell’Apparato Respiratorio – Chirurgia Toracica-Pneumologia. TORINO: Editore Minerva Medica. (III edizione 2016)
Venuta, Coloni. Malattie del torace. Ed. SEU. III ed. 2011
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. Cohn McGrave Hill
Cardiac Surgery Kirklin / Barrat Boyes ELSEVIER
Module: TECHNICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES
N/D
Bibliography
Module: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: TECHNICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES
N/D
Lessons mode
Module: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Oral lessons using slides
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: TECHNICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES
N/D
Frequency
Mandatory attendance at least 75% of the scheduled activities
Exam mode
Module: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Oral examination
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
3 questions on the entire program
Module: TECHNICAL NURSING AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES
N/D
Example exam questions
In adolescents with type I pectus excavatum, which corrective technique is best used?
• NUSS technique
• Vacuum bell technique
• Lateral thoracotomy
• Ravitch technique
What are the most common lung cancer histotypes?
• Small cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma
• Atypical carcinoid
• Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma
• Hamartoma
Arguments
- The schedule of activities is planned flexibly, taking into account the availability of the teaching staff and the facilities.
Sustainability goals
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsPhysiotherapy - Course D - Roma Azienda S.Camillo Forlanini
- Languageita
- CFU7 CFU, distributed among 5 integrated didactic modules
- Total duration70 hours