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Study Course Description

Pediatric Allergology III

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RBA_021
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
55.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

Provide theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition and improvement in pediatric allergology.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.• Be able to explain the terms of allergology; • Describe allergic diagnostic principles of operation and use; • Explain the pathogenesis of allergic diseases at different ages; • Assess the children-allergic patients; • Name and describe children's pediatric diseases.

Skills

1.• Collect relevant information about the children's allergic diseases; • Use the appropriate method for the investigation of patients with allergic diseases; • Carry out differential diagnosis of allergic diseases; • Choose the most suitable / appropriate therapy; • Select and make the best use of examinations in accordance with the disease and the patient's age.

Competences

1.The student is able to use the acquired knowledge of children allergic diseases in the differential diagnosis: • Is able to formulate the diagnosis of allergic diseases; • Differentiate allergic diseases; • Interpret the findings on allergy tests; • To develop recommendations for allergy prevention.

Assessment

Individual work

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Individual work

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Resident communicates with children, their parents, guardians, collects the necessary information – history, acquires the skills to investigate allergic patients of different age, to choose and take correctly allergy diagnostics and treatment procedures, to draw up a prevention plan. To prepare a presentation with a complex clinical case every month.

Examination

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% from total grade
Grade
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Examination

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Number of treated patients, participation in advising patients, Theory – 3 questions answered in written form/practice – clinical case – 50/50%.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

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Topics

Food allergy (FA) epidemiology (ep)
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FA gastrointestinal
  1. Seminar

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FA skin
  1. Seminar

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FA physical load
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FA IgE
  1. Seminar

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FA noIgE
  1. Seminar

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FA diagnostics
  1. Seminar

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FA therapy
  1. Seminar

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Insect al (IA) ep.
  1. Seminar

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IA diagnostics
  1. Seminar

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IA therapy
  1. Seminar

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IA prophylaxis
  1. Seminar

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Drug allergy (DA)
  1. Seminar

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DA dg
  1. Seminar

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DA therapy
  1. Seminar

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Anapylaxis (A) mechanism
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A clinic
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A therapy
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A prophylaxis
  1. Seminar

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Allergy prophylaxis (AP)
  1. Seminar

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AP diet
  1. Seminar

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AP environment
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AP probiotics
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AP sport
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AP skin
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IT mechanism
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IT indications
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IT extracts
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IT side effects
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SCIT
  1. Seminar

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SLIT
  1. Seminar

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GKS
  1. Seminar

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Antihistamins
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
55.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
33
Length (weeks):
40
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Offical Journal of the EAACI. Wiley-Blackwell.

2.

Donald Leung, Cezmi Akdis. Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice. 4th Edition. ELSEVIER, 2020

3.

David Stukus. Pediatric Allergy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics. ELSEVIER, 2019

4.

Elizabeth Secord. Pediatric Immunology and Allergy, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America. ELSEVIER, 2019

Additional Reading

1.

Taivāns, I. “Plaušu funkcionālā diagnostika”. “SIA Mc Ābols”, 1997. 276lpp.

2.

Lozovska Vernera redakcijā. Praktiskā alergoloģija. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds. 2009. 623lpp.

3.

Lieberman, Ph. Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment. 3rd Ed. Humana Press. 2007. 678p.

4.

Major K. Nagaraju. Manual of Pediatric Allergy. Jaypeedigital, 2014