CHILDREN'S FEVER (DIFFERENT CASES)
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- CRISTINA MALAVENTURA
- Credits
- 1
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- MED/38
Training objectives
- Feverish illness in children: Assessment and initial management in children.
Identify red flags and severe fever disease Prerequisites
- Frequency of the Paediatrics course
Course programme
- Fever: definition and hints of pathophysiology. Management. identification of red flags for severe illness. Clinical scenarios: -fever with localization (Pharynagogothonsillitis, OMA, Pneumonia, Meningitis, IVU) -fever without other indications: acute, short, FUO -recurrent/periodic fever (autoinflammatory diseases) -long lasting fever.
Didactic methods
- Frontal lessons. Interactive discussion of clinical scenarios.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination: 2 questions. The ability to orient oneself within clinical scenarios will be evaluated.
Reference texts
- Article: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Feverish illness in children: Assessment and initial management in children younger than 5 years. Manchester: NICE, 2013. http://guidance.nice.org. uk/CG160
Text: General and Specialist Paediatrics. Author: Franco Zappulla. Twelfth Edition. Publishing Company Esculapio.
