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Pneumonology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:25.10.2021 09:04:30
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ISK_089 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Internal Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Madara Tirzīte | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Internal Diseases | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 2 Hipokrata Street, isk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67042338 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of respiratory system. Physical examination of respiratory system. Radiological methods in pneumonology. Pharmacology of respiratory system. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To obtain more knowledge about relevant topics, to be able to evaluate patients with respiratory system diseases, to evaluate the pathological process features and treatment options for certain patients at different treatment phases. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Anamnesis, objective and physical examination of a pulmonary patient. Assessment of major respiratory symptoms. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Imaging techniques in respiratory medicine. The concept of pulmonary infiltrates, atelectasis, cavities, emphysema. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Lesson in pathology: the pathogenesis and pathology of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diffuse lung parenchymal diseases (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis), pleural diseases, bronchiectasis, pneumonia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Pulmonary function tests: spirometry (bronchodilatation and provocation tests), stress tests, diffusion of gases, lung volumes. Respiratory failure, blood gas analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Bronchial asthma (BA): symptoms, classification, assessment. Treatment of BA: evaluation and treatment of asthma attack and exacerbation. Controller and reliever therapy in asthma. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – risk factors, pathogenesis, symptoms, phenotypes, classification, diagnostics, complications. Management of stable COPD and acute exacerbation. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Assessment and tactics in respiratory failure, respiratory acidosis, basics of noninvasive ventilation. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 8 | Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Lesson in pathology: the pathogenesis and pathology of pleural diseases, bronchiectasis, pneumonia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Pleural diseases and pleural effusions: mechanisms, evaluation, differential diagnosis, treatment. Pneumothoraces: etiology, classification, treatment. Thoracoscopy. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Use of endoscopy in diagnostics and treatment of lung diseases. Lower respiratory tract infections: acute bronchitis, bronchiectasis and exacerbation of bronchiectasis. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 12 | Pneumonias: types, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, assessment, treatment, possible complications. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 13 | Clinical cases in pneumonology. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students will do in-depth research on the relevant topics and prepare presentations. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Tests during the lessons. 2. Situation tasks during the lessons. 3. Written examination at the end: 100 MCQ (20% of final mark); 2 theoretical questions (40% of final mark); 2 clinical cases (40% of final mark). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | With acquired knowledge students will know: • different diseases of respiratory system; • how to examine patients with lung disease; • treatment options for specific diagnosis; • possible complications. | ||||||||
| Skills: | At the end of course student will be able: • to summarize information about relevant diagnosis; • to recognize different disease of respiratory system; • to use the appropriate methods in diagnostic process; • to prescribe an appropriate examination plan; • to prescribe an appropriate treatment plan; • to recognize complications. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course, students will be able to develop an investigation plan for pulmonary diseases, explain laboratory and other additional examination results, prescribe treatment. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Klīniskā medicīna. Prof. A. Lejnieka red. 1. grāmata, Rīga, Zvaigzne, 2012, 287-672. | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.goldcopd.org/ 2014. gadā atjaunotas vadlīnijas HOPS ārstēšanai. | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.ginasthma.org/ 2014. gadā atjaunotas bronhiālās astmas diagnostikas un ārstēšanas vadlīnijas. | ||||||||
| 4 | Dziļo elpceļu infekciju ārstēšanas vadlīnijas 2011g.https://www.escmid.org/fileadmin/src/media/PDFs/4ESCMID_Lib… | ||||||||
| 5 | Clinical Respiratory Medicine, Vachani, Anil, Haas, Andrew R., Sterman, Daniel H. | ||||||||
| 6 | ISBN: 978-1-4557-0792-8, Copyright © 2012 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Krams. Ilgstoša skābekļa terapija. SIA Medicīnas prese, 2014.g. | ||||||||
| 2 | I. Purviņš, S. Purviņa. Praktiskā farmakoloģija. Zāļu infocentrs, Rīga, 2011. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www. zva. gov. lv/registrs Zāļu valsts aģentūras Latvijas Zāļu reģistrs piedāvā informāciju par zālēm: reģistrācijas informācija, izsniegšanas kārtība (recepšu vai bezrecepšu zāles), stiprums/koncentrācija, zāļu forma, zāļu aktīvās vielas nosaukums, ATĶ kods, DDD (definētā dienas deva), informācija par zāļu lietošanu bērniem, informācija par zāļu pieejamību, kā arī zāļu lietošanas instrukcija un zāļu apraksts. | ||||||||
| 2 | www.evisit.lv Lekciju materiāli. | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.afonds.lv/text.php?id=44 Plaušu veselības dienas lekciju prezentācijas. | ||||||||
| 4 | http://emedicine.medscape.com/pulmonology Materiāli pneimonoloģijā. | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.ers-education.org/guidelines.aspx Eiropas respiratorās asociācijas mājas lapas sadaļa - guidelines – pieejamas jaunākās aktuālās vadlīnijas BA, HOPS, dziļo elpceļu infekciju u.c. elceļu slimību ārstēšanai. | ||||||||
| 6 | Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine, 22st Edition, ISBN: 978-0-7020-5035-0, Copyright: 2014 | ||||||||
| 7 | Nicholas LaRusso, pp. 951-1161; in Cecil Medicine, 23rd Ed. 2008, Sounders Elsevier, ISBN978-1-4160-2805-9 | ||||||||
| 8 | Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 18th Edition 2011 | ||||||||
