Internal and Infectious Diseases

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
1) Preliminary theoretical preparation according to the topic of the class. 2) Independent work – a report or presentation on one of the topics of the class, which the student will have to study independently according to the specified literature sources and write a report about it or present the findings during the class.

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
1) Independent work (additional work assessment criteria – correspondence of the content of the work to the chosen topic, the student’s personal contribution, the student’s level of knowledge) – 50%. 2) Written multiple choice test – 50%.

Introduction to internal medicine. The role of internists in health care. Basics of patient examination, including propaedeutics.

Skin changes and the clinical meaning thereof. Types of rash, possible causes and differential diagnosis.

Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, their differences, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Complications of diabetes and prevention thereof.

Bronchial asthma – definition, classification, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Anaemia – definition, classification, causes, clinical symptoms, diagnosis. Treatment tactics depending on the aetiology.

Abdominal pain: differential diagnosis between internal diseases and surgical pathology. More common causes according to localization. Patient examination.

Gallstone diseases: causes, types of stones, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment options. Cholangitis.

Oncological diseases and their classification.

Oncological diseases and their classification.

Effects of alcohol on the human body: alcoholic hepatosis, liver cirrhosis and alcohol induced encephalopathy. Clinical picture and treatment possibilities.

Primary arterial hypertension – definition, categories, diagnosis (correct blood pressure measurement), treatment options. The most common causes of secondary hypertension.

Chest pain – differential diagnosis. Myocardial infarction – clinic, diagnosis and therapy, the so-called reperfusion options.

Infectious diseases in a global perspective – past, present and future. The place of infectology in the total spectrum of diseases. Theoretical and practical bases of infectology, infection process, its components.

Diagnostics of infectious diseases. Principles of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory diagnostics. Specific laboratory examinations in modern infectology – selection principles, methods, interpretation of results.

Principles of treatment in infectology.

Fecal-oral infections – concept, aetiology, epidemiology (viral, bacterial, parasitic). Principles of their diagnosis and treatment, prevention.

Aerogenic infections – concept, aetiology, epidemiology (viral, bacterial and fungal). Principles of their diagnosis and treatment, prevention.

The concept of neuroinfection, definitions, aetiology, epidemiology, principles of diagnosis and treatment, prevention options.

Parasitic infections – concept, aetiology, classification, principles of therapy and prevention.

Course of HIV infection – acute retroviral syndrome, chronic form, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, principles of treatment. Indicator conditions of HIV infection. AIDS opportunistic infections. Prevention. Diagnosis, principles of treatment.

Acute viral hepatitis (herpes viruses A, E, B, C, etc.), clinical differences depending on aetiology, clinical examination, verification of diagnosis. Clinical picture of acute liver cell failure, biochemical markers, etiological and pathogenetic treatment.

Chronic viral hepatitis (B, C, etc.). Clinical characteristics, verification of diagnosis. Principles of treatment. Differential diagnosis. Final results.

Herpes virus infections: Typical clinical picture of pathologies induced by HHV1, HHV2, HHV3, HHV4, HHV5, HHV6, HHV7, HHV8; differences, differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment options.

Diarrhoea – possible causes, classification, treatment and therapy options.

Pneumonia – classification, aetiology, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment options. The concept of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Caseous pneumonia – basics of phthisiology (cause, diagnosis, treatment).

Adult vaccination: goals and objectives; indications and contraindications; practical aspects of vaccination. Immunoglobulins, sera.

Introduction to internal medicine. The role of internists in health care. Basics of patient examination, including propaedeutics.

Skin changes and the clinical meaning thereof. Types of rash, possible causes and differential diagnosis.

Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, their differences, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Complications of diabetes and prevention thereof.

Bronchial asthma – definition, classification, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Anaemia – definition, classification, causes, clinical symptoms, diagnosis. Treatment tactics depending on the aetiology.

Abdominal pain: differential diagnosis between internal diseases and surgical pathology. More common causes according to localization. Patient examination.

Gallstone diseases: causes, types of stones, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment options. Cholangitis.

Oncological diseases and their classification.

Effects of alcohol on the human body: alcoholic hepatosis, liver cirrhosis and alcohol induced encephalopathy. Clinical picture and treatment possibilities.

Primary arterial hypertension – definition, categories, diagnosis (correct blood pressure measurement), treatment options. The most common causes of secondary hypertension.

Chest pain – differential diagnosis. Myocardial infarction – clinic, diagnosis and therapy, the so-called reperfusion options.

Infectious diseases in a global perspective – past, present and future. The place of infectology in the total spectrum of diseases. Theoretical and practical bases of infectology, infection process, its components.

Diagnostics of infectious diseases. Principles of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory diagnostics. Specific laboratory examinations in modern infectology – selection principles, methods, interpretation of results.

Principles of treatment in infectology.

Fecal-oral infections – concept, aetiology, epidemiology (viral, bacterial, parasitic). Principles of their diagnosis and treatment, prevention.

Aerogenic infections – concept, aetiology, epidemiology (viral, bacterial and fungal). Principles of their diagnosis and treatment, prevention.

The concept of neuroinfection, definitions, aetiology, epidemiology, principles of diagnosis and treatment, prevention options.