Pathology II

Knowledge about the most frequent cardiac and respiratory pathologies as well as about the complementary methods of diagnosis of these areas with which future professionals will come to deal

Teaching is based on expository theoretical classes no the various topics, with multimedia support, allowing a mechanistic approach to the main clinical manifestations and pathophysiological mechanisms of respiratory and cardiac diseases

 The evaluation is carried out through a written test that focuses on the contents programs taught in class..

The student must acquire knowledge of:

• Clinical-pathological bases on the main pathologies of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems

• Clinical and pathological bases on the effects of the main systemic diseases on the respiratory and cardiovascular

The student must acquire skills in:

• Identify the main clinical and laboratory manifestations of the main diseases that affect the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

• Propose appropriate laboratory tests for the study and treatment of the main respiratory and heart diseases

The student must acquire skills in:

• Choose the most appropriate laboratory tests for the study and treatment of the main respiratory diseases and heart

• Interpret the results of laboratory tests in the clinical context of the patient with respiratory or cardiac diseases

Respiratory pathology:

Epidemiology and Semiology of respiratory diseases

Auxiliary diagnostic and therapeutic tests 

Respiratory infections airway diseases

Lung neoplasm

Diffuse pulmonary and vascular diseases

Occupational and environmental lung diseases

Smoking

Pathology of the pleura, diaphragm, and chest wall

Cardiac Pathology:

Cardiovascular Semiology

Signs and symptoms of cardiovascular pathologies. Auxiliary diagnostic methods in Cardiology.

Cardiac insufficiency

Acute Joint Rheumatism

Valvulopathies (mitral, aortic, pulmonary and tricuspid).

Coronary Disease – Etiology, clinical manifestations and prevention

Stable angina pectoris

Unstable angina pectoris

Acute myocardial infarction

Complications of infarction

Post-infarction risk stratification and secondary prevention

Pericarditis

Cardiomyopathies

Syncope and sudden death

Arrhythmias

Arterial hypertension

Bacterial endocarditis

Congenital heart diseases

NAO

Primary bibliography

1 – Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine 8th edition

Secondary bibliography
1 – GINA Report, Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention – www.ginasthma.org
2 – Global Strategy for Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD – www.goldcopd.org
3 – Coleção “25 Perguntas em Pneumologia” – www.sppneumologia.pt
4 – Curso interativo em Pneumologia – www.sppneumologia.pt
5- Hurst´s the Heart: Manual of Cardiology 13th edition