Medicine and Surgery

Contents: Clinical case solution: A case of sudden polydipsia and polyuria in a young adult The determination of fasting and after oral glucose test glycaemia and of glycated haemoglobin for the diagnosis of normal glycemia, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus A girl with chylous serum and recurrent abdominal pain A young man with albuminemia and severe hypercholesterolemia Premature myocardial infarction in a patient with hypercholesterolemia and severe family history of early cardiovascular events Hyperuricemia with or without deposition of urate: an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases Apple-shaped or pear-shaped? Which obesity is worse? Asymptomatic AST/ALT elevation in a 50 years old man Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: from liver disease to cardiovascular and metabolic disease

Requirements: Basic knowledge of statistics, history of medicine, basic biology, basics of clinical medicine

Suggested textbooks: Goldman’s Cecil medicine 24th edition Harrison Principles of Internal Medicine 18 edition

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Evaluation methods: oral and written exam (solution of clinical cases).

Teaching methods: Lectures, clinical evaluation of hospitalized patients