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Study Course Description

Differential Diagnostics and Current Issues in Treatment of Internal Diseases (Cardiology, Pulmonology)

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
ISK_212
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Internal Diseases
Contacts

Riga, 2 Hiprokrata Street, isk@rsu.lv, +371 67042338

About Study Course

Objective

Students learn the latest updates and issues of diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment in the field of cardiology and pulmonology.

Preliminary Knowledge

Propaedeutic (introduction into internal diseases), pathology, pharmacology, immunology, dermatology, biochemistry, haemostasis, visual diagnostics, as well as preliminary knowledge of the internal diseases, acquired during previous years.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.The acquisition of the study course results in knowledge of the most important aetiology of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis and treatment. Students will have learned the principles of completing medical documentation in hospital conditions.

Skills

1.On successful completion of the study course, students are able to communicate with patients and colleagues, identify cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases listed in the course description; severity, development and course of the disease, differentiate between them, justify the diagnosis, prescribe the necessary investigative plan and assess the results, prescribe treatment for certain patients, design the necessary medical documentation.

Competences

1.The acquired competencies of the study course will allow purposeful and structured examination of the patient's history, assessment of the patient's vital signs (namely, patient's state of consciousness, breathing, heart rate, central and peripheral pulse, arterial blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, body temperature, diuresis) the components and symptomatology that affect it will allow the patient's health status to be evaluated, normality and deviation interpreted, and the finding and specific situation to be attributed, and the next tactic to decide. It will allow to recognize acute medical conditions, to organize timely assistance, to interpret the results of various examinations and formulate the appropriate conclusions, to plan treatment tactics. The acquired competencies will allow to perform manipulations appropriate to the respective pathological condition, to write prescriptions, to fill in medical documentation in accordance with the requirements of regulatory enactments.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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Individual work with a patient: collection of a medical history, interpretation of examinations, drawing up a treatment plan, formulation of a possible diagnosis; establishment of a patient's clinical case under the supervision of a lecturer and a physician; presentation and defence of the study research work.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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Differential Diagnostics and Current Issues in Treatment of Internal Diseases (Cardiology, Pulmonology)
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Examination

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According to the evaluation criteria of the National Examination.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Obstructive sleep apnoea
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Differential diagnosis of dyspnoea – clinical case study
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Differential diagnosis of respiratory diseases – clinical case study
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Differential diagnosis of pulmonary parenchyma and pleural diseases – clinical case study
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Chronic coronary syndrome. Aetiology, pathogenesis diagnostics, treatment. Acute coronary syndrome. Diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment. Definition of myocardial infarction. Complications of acute coronary syndrome, their diagnosis, treatment, prevention, clinical case analysis.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Arterial hypertension. Aetiology, pathogenesis, definition, latest updates. Identification of risk groups, novel biomarkers. Secondary hypertension. Arterial hypertension – treatment options, tactics. Resistant hypertension. Specific cases of arterial hypertension. Clinical case study.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Heart rhythm disorders – the role of electrocardiography. Various diagnostic options. Cardiac blockade. Atrial fibrillation and atrial undulation. Diagnosis, treatment. Recognition and reduction of the risk of stroke and thromboembolism. Ventricular arrhythmias. Risk factors, identification. Implantable rhythm correction equipment – PM, ILR, ICD, CRT. Clinical case study.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

The concept of cardiomyopathy. Primary cardiomyopathies. Diagnostics, mechanisms, treatment. Secondary cardiomyopathies. Diagnostics, mechanisms, treatment. Heart ion pump diseases. Diagnostics, mechanisms, treatment options, latest updates. Clinical case study.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Chronic heart failure. Mechanisms, pathophysiology. Treatment options. Acute heart failure. Mechanisms, pathophysiology. Treatment options. Multimorbid patients, concept. Clinical case study.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Other
4

Topics

Sports cardiology. Load as an element of health, competitive sport and cardiac factors. Professional sport and connection to the cardiovascular system. Clinical situational challenges in relation to various clinical situations related to the topics covered in the course. Clinical case study. Final discussion.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
40 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

ESC Clinical Practice Guidlines

2.

A.Lejnieks. Klīniskā Medicīna 1.grāmata. Nacionālais apgāds, 2010 (akceptējams izdevums)

3.

Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022

4.

A. Kalvelis. Kardioloģija. Riga, 2018

5.

ERS learning resources

6.

The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 2018

7.

Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students:

8.

ESC Clinical Practice Guidlines

9.

Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022

10.

ERS learning resources

Additional Reading

1.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 2021

2.

MSD Manual for the Professional

3.

Muir’s Textbook of Pathology / edited by C. Simon Herrington. 2019

4.

ACSM’s sports medicine : a comprehensive review / senior editor, Francis G. O’Connor. 2012

5.

Brukner & Khan’s clinical sports medicine, Vol. 1, 2017

6.

Dyspnea : mechanisms, measurement, and management / edited by Donald A.Mahler, Denis E.O’Donnell. 2014

7.

Acute and chronic cough / ed. by Anthony E. Redington, Alyn H. Morice. 2005