Nursing

• Child health in the world • Basic notions of perinatal medicine • Basic notions of neonatology • Growth and physiological development of the child • Vaccinations and vaccination calendar • Congenital heart disease • Arterial hypertension in pediatric and adolescent age • Rheumatic disease • Kawasaki disease • Exanthematous diseases • Kidney and urinary tract disorders (urinary tract infections, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome) • Respiratory disorders (bronchial asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis) • Gastrointestinal disorders (gastroesophageal reflux, celiac disease, chronic intestinal diseases) • Diabetes • Neurological disorders (febrile convulsions, childhood epilepsies) • Genetic syndromes (Down syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Turner syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Williams syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome)

The student, in order to understand the contents of the course and to achieve the learning objectives, must possess the basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the child.

Manuale di pediatria – T. Lissauer, W. Carroll – Editore: Edra – 2018 Pediatria generale e specialistica – A. Staiano, S. Esposito, N. Principi, A. Rubino – Editore: Casa Editrice Ambrosiana – III edizione 2022.

Mandatory attendance

Oral exam

The course includes frontal lessons in the classroom where the treated topics will be presented and discussed with the students.