Medicine and Surgery

Activity type

Discipline pediatriche

SSD

MED/39

Year

6th year

Semester

1st semester

CFU

1

Hours distribution

13 classroom hours

Lecturers

FRANCESCA NARDECCHIA

Activity type

Discipline pediatriche, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento

SSD

MED/38, MED/38

Year

6th year

Semester

1st semester

CFU

5

Hours distribution

50 classroom hours, 25 others hours

Lecturers

RAFFAELLA NENNA
FABIO MIDULLA

Main teaching objectives:
Learning physiology, pathology, clinical and laboratory approach, therapy related to growing individuals, specific issues of preventive pediatrics, pediatric diseases from neonatal age through adolescence.

At the end of the course, students will be able to recognize the main signs and symptoms of pediatric diseases and will have a basic understanding of neonatology, auxology, and pediatric nutrition.

Knowledge of the pathophysiological basis of diseases, anatomy, pathological anatomy, and pharmacology

Module: Paediatrics - MED 38
The neuropsychomotor development
Diagnosis and prognosis in child neuropsychiatry
The DSM-5 and other classification systems
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Developmental psychopathology
Methods of assessment and treatment in developmental psychopathology



Module: Paediatrics - MED 39
Contents:
Growth, Development and Behavior; Nutrition; Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders; Human Genetics; Metabolic Disorders; The Fetus and Neonatal Infant; Immunology; Allergic Disorders; Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood; Infectious diseases; The Digestive System; Respiratory System; The Cardiovascular System; Diseases of the Blood; Cancer and Benign tumors; Nephrology; Urologic Disorders in Infants and Children; The Endocrine System; The Nervous System and Neuromuscular Disorders

Module: Paediatrics - MED 38
DSM-5. Manuale diagnostico e statistico dei disturbi mentali. Raffaello Cortina
Zero to three. DC: 0-5. Classificazione diagnostica della salute mentale e dei disturbi di sviluppo nell’infanzia. Giovanni Fortini editore.



Module: Paediatrics - MED 39
Suggested textbooks:
● Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Editors. RM Kliegman, BF Stanton, JW St Geme III, NF Schor, RE Behrman, 20th Edition . Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2016
● The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, David Valle, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Arthur L. Beaudet, MD, Editor, Bert Vogelstein, MD, Editor, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Ph.D., Editor, Stylianos E. Antonarakis, MD, D.Sc., Editor, Andrea Ballabio, MD, Editor, K. Michael Gibson, Ph.D., FACMG, Editor, Grant Mitchell, MD, Editor

Module: Paediatrics - MED 38
DSM-5. Manuale diagnostico e statistico dei disturbi mentali. Raffaello Cortina
Zero to three. DC: 0-5. Classificazione diagnostica della salute mentale e dei disturbi di sviluppo nell’infanzia. Giovanni Fortini editore.



Module: Paediatrics - MED 39
N/D

Lectures
Flipped classroom

To be eligible to take the exam, students must attend 70% of the classes.

The exam consists of an oral interview.

Please explain the main signs and symptoms of bronchiolitis in infants.

Module: Paediatrics - MED 38

• Introduction to Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry in the National and International Context


• Neurodevelopmentale disorders
  • Books: DMS-5TR


• Intellectual disability


• Communication Disorders


• Autism spectrum disorders


• ADHD


• Specific learning disorders


• Movement Disorders


• Tic disorders


• Etiologies of Neurodevelopmental Disorders


• Epilepsy in childhood


• Cerebral palsy

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