Clinical Scientific Methods I - GENERAL SURGERY

Course objectives

Introduction to the semeiotics and methodology of the surgical patient. Recognizing symptoms and objective signs in the patient affected by pathology of surgical Interest; to direct the research of laboratory, radiological and instrumental examinations for the purpose of diagnosis

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Medical Record • Informed Consent • Vital Signs • Fever • Peripheral Pulses • Physical Examination of Swellings • Physical Examination of Swellings 2 • Hypovolemic Shock • Clinical and Instrumental Examination of the Esophagus. Dysphagia • Physical Examination of the Abdomen • Clinical and Instrumental Examination of the Digestive System 1 • Clinical and Instrumental Examination of the Digestive System 2 • Digestive Hemorrhages • Clinical and Instrumental Examination of the Anorectum • Physical Examination of the Neck. Thyroid • Hematuria Medical history: family, physiological, social, past and present pathological history. • General physical examination: Multidimensional Assessment. Young patient: FIT, Elderly patient: "FIT and FRAIL"; ASA score • Abdomen: signs and symptoms; functional and instrumental investigations of the digestive system. • Functional semiology of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, pancreas; spleen • Gallstones • Primary and secondary malignant tumors of the liver; • Primary and secondary malignant tumors of the pancreas. Clinical, semiological and instrumental investigations • Breast physical examination. Clinical and radiological instrumental investigations
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseMedicine and Surgery
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDMED/18
  • CFU3