APPLIED PATHOLOGY 1 and Biofluid dynamics Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: PAOLO PALANGE
Module 1: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Activity type
- Clinica delle specialità medico-chirurgiche, Medicina delle attività motorie e del benessere, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
- SSD
- MED/10, MED/10, MED/10
- Year
- 4th year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 3
- Hours distribution
- 26 classroom hours, 25 others hours
- Lecturers
- PAOLO PALANGE
MATTEO BONINI
LETIZIA D'ANTONI
Angelo Petroianni
Module 2: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- Activity type
- Clinica delle specialità medico-chirurgiche, Fisiopatologia, metodologia clinica, propedeutica clinica e sistematica medico-chirurgica, Medicina delle attività motorie e del benessere, Tirocini formativi e di orientamento
- SSD
- MED/11, MED/11, MED/11, MED/11
- Year
- 4th year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 5
- Hours distribution
- 39 classroom hours, 50 others hours
- Lecturers
- EMANUELE BARBATO
CARMINE DARIO VIZZA
ROBERTO BADAGLIACCA
PAOLO SEVERINO
Module 3: THORACIC SURGERY
- Activity type
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- SSD
- ING-IND/06
- Year
- 4th year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 13 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- ALBERTO GIACOMELLO
Module 4: VASCULAR SURGERY
- Activity type
- Clinica delle specialità medico-chirurgiche
- SSD
- MED/22
- Year
- 4th year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 13 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- LUCA DI MARZO
FRANCESCA MICELI
Module 5: CARDIAC SURGERY
- Activity type
- Clinica delle specialità medico-chirurgiche
- SSD
- MED/23
- Year
- 4th year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 13 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- MIZAR D'ABRAMO
Module 6: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Activity type
- Clinica delle specialità medico-chirurgiche
- SSD
- MED/21
- Year
- 4th year
- Semester
- 1st semester
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 13 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- GIULIO MAURIZI
Learning outcomes
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
N/D
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
N/D
Prerequisites
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Basic knowledge of calculus.
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
Anatomy. physiology and physiopathology of the chest, and thoracic organs, resipratory and cardiovascular system and histopahtology.
Programme
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
- Fluid dynamics in medicine;
- Statics of fluids: blood pressure;
- Twodimensional Poiseuille flow and Hagen-Poiseuille flow;
- Hydrodynamic resistance of vessels and airways;
- Flow in actual vessels: effect of the vessel geometry and elasticity;
- Fundamentals of blood rheology;
- Fluid dynamics of the cardiovascular system, some of its pathologies, and protheses;
- Fluid dynamics of the respiratory system and of some of its pathologies.
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
Diagnosis of the thoracic deseases including diagnostic surgical operation (mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy) Surgical apprach to the thorac. Pneumothorax; Surgery for enphysema and transplantation; Plural effusion and plural malignant and benignant desease. Trauma and chet wall deseases. Lung cancer (stage and treatment). Mediastinal neoplasms.
Books
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Notes and slides provided by the teacher
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
Venuta F, Coloni GF. Malattie del Torace. SEU editore
Bibliography
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Fung, Y. C. (2013). Biomechanics: circulation. Springer Science & Business Media.
Kundu, P. K., Cohen, I. M., & Dowling, D. R. (2012). Fluid Mechanics, V edition, chapter 16. Academic Press
Caro, C. G., Pedley, T.J., Schroter, R.C., & Seed, W.A. (2012). The mechanics of the circulation. Cambridge University Press
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
N/D
Lessons mode
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Lectures; final group project with presentation
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
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Frequency
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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Module: THORACIC SURGERY
compulsory
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
N/D
Exam mode
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
Oral exam with the objective of assessing the knowledge of the topics covered during the course.
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
N/D
Example exam questions
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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Module: THORACIC SURGERY
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Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
N/D
Arguments
Module: DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
N/D
Module: DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
N/D
Module: THORACIC SURGERY
- Fluid dynamics in medicine. Statics of fluids: blood pressure
- Twodimensional Poiseuille flow and Hagen-Poiseuille flow
- Hydrodynamic resistance of vessels and airways
- Flow in actual vessels: effect of the vessel geometry and elasticity
- Fundamentals of blood rheology
- Fluid dynamics of the cardiovascular system, some of its pathologies, and protheses.
- Fluid dynamics of the respiratory system and of some of its pathologies.
Module: VASCULAR SURGERY
N/D
Module: CARDIAC SURGERY
N/D
Module: Biofluidodynamics of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Diagnosis of the thoracic deseases including diagnostic surgical operation (mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy) Surgical apprach to the thorac. (2h)
- Pneumothorax; Surgery for enphysema. (2h)
- Plural effusion and plural malignant and benignant desease. (2h)
- Trauma and chet wall desease. (2h)
- Lung cancer (stage and treatment). (2h)
- Mediastinal neoplasms. (2h)
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsMedicine and Surgery HT
- Mandatory presenceYes
- Languageita
- CFU12 CFU, distributed among 6 integrated didactic modules
- Total duration192 hours