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CLINICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY I

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Academic year
2022/2023
Teacher
NICCOLO' SALGARI
Credits
7
Didactic period
Primo Semestre

Training objectives

The course gives the fundamental knowledge, which allows to describe the basic operation of the physiopathology of the eye. To achieve the basic knowledge about anterior and posterior segment, eye movement and pupillary disorders, about gaze disturbances and above major neurological dysfunction.

Prerequisites

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Modulo: 24977 - NEUROLOGIA
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Element of anatomy, physiology, general pathology of the visual system and the central and peripheral nervous system.

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Modulo: 53609 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DELL'ORBITA, DEGLI ANNESSI E DEL SEGMENTO ANTERIORE
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Element of anatomy, physiology, general pathology of the ocular anterior segment.

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Modulo: 53610 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DEL SEGMENTO POSTERIORE
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Element of anatomy, physiology, general pathology of the visual system and the central and peripheral nervous system.

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Modulo: 53626 - NEUROFTALMOLOGIA
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Element of anatomy, physiology, general pathology of the visual system and the central and peripheral nervous system.

Course programme

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Modulo: 24977 - NEUROLOGIA
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NEUROLOGY
The module forecasts 16 hours of lectures.
Disturbances of vision. Eye movements disorders. Pupillary Disorders. Gaze palsies. Neurological examination of the major neurological dysfunction, physio-pathology and medical features of main neurological disorders (which are defined based epidemiological data) with particular attention to brain-damaged, disorder and pathologies of nervous system central and peripheral (to originate from trauma, inflammation, vascular and degenerative problems.

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Modulo: 53609 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DELL'ORBITA, DEGLI ANNESSI E DEL SEGMENTO ANTERIORE
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Physiopathology of: orbit, ocular annexes, lid, tear apparatus, conjunctiva, cornea, sclera, uvea and lens and pathogenesis of these pathology.

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Modulo: 53610 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DEL SEGMENTO POSTERIORE
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The module forecasts 16 hours of lectures.
Physiopathology of the vitreous body. Pathogenesis of Vitreous syneresis, Peripheral retinal degenerations, Vitreous detachment, Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, tractional, post-traumatic, exudative retinal detachment, Diabetic retinopathy, Congenital and acquired non-diabetic vascular diseases, Macular diseases

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Modulo: 53626 - NEUROFTALMOLOGIA
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The module forecasts 8 hours of lectures.
Congenital and acquired diseases of the optic nerves. Diseases of the optic chiasm, optic tract and visual cortex. Disorders of ocular motility. Central and peripheral paralysis of the eye movements. Pupillary disorders and abnormalities of accommodation. Nystagmus.

Didactic methods

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Modulo: 24977 - NEUROLOGIA
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Frontal lectures

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Modulo: 53609 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DELL'ORBITA, DEGLI ANNESSI E DEL SEGMENTO ANTERIORE
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Frontal lectures

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Modulo: 53610 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DEL SEGMENTO POSTERIORE
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Frontal lectures

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Modulo: 53626 - NEUROFTALMOLOGIA
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Frontal lectures

Learning assessment procedures

The final evaluation of the achievement of the objectives of the integrated course is the result of the WEIGHTED AVERAGE obtained from the sum of the scores of the individual courses. If the student does not pass a single module, he can repeat it.

Reference texts

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Modulo: 24977 - NEUROLOGIA
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NEUROLOGY
Teacher’s handouts
Specific topics can be further developed in the following texts:
Pierluigi Bertora. Neurologia per i corsi di laurea in professioni sanitarie. Piccin, padova.
Iain wilkinson - graham lennox. Neurologia, manuale. Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino

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Modulo: 53609 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DELL'ORBITA, DEGLI ANNESSI E DEL SEGMENTO ANTERIORE
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Teacher’s handouts
Specific topics can be further developed in the following texts:
- Miglior M.et al., Oftalmologia Clinica, Monduzzi Ed.
- Kanski - Clinical Ophthalmology - Bowling

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Modulo: 53610 - FISIOPATOLOGIA DEL SEGMENTO POSTERIORE
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Teacher’s handouts
Specific topics can be further developed in the following texts:
- Miglior M.et al., Oftalmologia Clinica, Monduzzi Ed.
- Paolo Pazzaglia, Clinica Neurologica, Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna

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Modulo: 53626 - NEUROFTALMOLOGIA
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Teacher’s handouts
Specific topics can be further developed in the following texts:
- Miglior M.et al., Oftalmologia Clinica, Monduzzi Ed.