BVVL0421p Internal Medicine I

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Helena Němcová, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Ondřej Sochor, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Helena Němcová, CSc.
Second Department of Internal Medicine – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. MUDr. Helena Němcová, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Internal medicine is a basic medical branch. It investigates etiology and pathogenesis of diseases, is engaded in their diagnosis, therapy and prevention. The feature of internal medicine consists in co-ordination and integral function. It enables a broader view for causal analysis of disease and allow to choose the optimal therapeutic approach by right synthesis of cause. After completionm of study the student will be able to discern symptoms of individual disease and also to intervene with therapy within the frame of his - her specialization and to provide a qualified first aid in acute events.
Syllabus
  • Introduction.
  • General symptoms.
  • Pain, dyspnoe, ickterus Headache. Chest pain. Abdominal pain.
  • Clinical examination , changes of consciouness
  • General assessment Habitus. Mental condition of the patient. Examinations of the head, neck, chest.
  • Blood pressure. Pulse.
  • Abdominal examination. Examination of the limbs, blood vessels, urine,haematopoietic organs. Biopsy. Investigation of the sputum, pleural effusion, faeces.
  • Examination of the X-ray, radioisotope, endoscopy. Static and dynamic function tests
  • Etiology of internal disorders
  • Gerontology. Clinical farmacology. Drug interaction. Drug expiration.
  • Cardiovascular diseases. Coronary heart disease. Stable and unstable angina. Myocardial infarction. Chronic heart failure. Hypertension.
  • Pulmonary heart disease. Rheumatic heart disease. Cardiomyopathy. Pericarditis. Diseases of the heart valves
  • Peripheral vascular disease.
  • Respiratory disease.
Literature
  • Blaha M. a kolektiv. Vnitřní lékařství II. díl. Vybrané kapitoly z diagnostiky, léčby a speciální ošetřovatelské péče. Díl I., II. IDVPZ Brno, 1999
  • Souček M., Špinar J. a kol.: Vnitřní lékařství pro stomatology. Praha Grada publishing, 2005, 380s., ISBN 80-247-1367-5
  • Navrátil L. a kol: Vnitřní lékařství pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory, Grada Publ. 2008
Assessment methods
Type of education is lecture - seminar form, attendence is obligatory, the practice is closed by written tests.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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