Overview
Lecturer
Valer Daniel Breaz
Seminar tutor
Valer Daniel Breaz
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Health
Field of study
Nursing
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture and media
Entry requirements
Students must have knowledge of basic Biochemistry, Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Parasitology, Pathophysiology, General Nursing, and Infectious Diseases
Aims
Knowledge of clinical signs in main infectious diseases
Knowledge of therapeutic measures specific to main infectious diseases
Presentation of current directions regarding infectious diseases: nosocomial infections, antibiotic therapy
Course contents
- Importance of knowing epidemiological and clinical aspects in infectious diseases; principles of diagnosis.
- Therapeutic principles in infectious diseases.
- Eruptive infectious diseases: measles, rubella, chickenpox, angina, scarlet fever, herpes zoster, infectious mononucleosis – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Acute respiratory diseases: respiratory viral infections, flu, new-type flu, pneumonia, bronchopneumonia – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Sepsis – etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment principles, patient care specifics.
- Infectious diseases with oropharyngeal involvement (epidemic parotitis, vesicular stomatitis with exanthem); enteroviruses: poliomyelitis and non-polio enteroviruses – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Acute viral hepatitis – clinical aspects, prophylaxis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Diseases entering through skin and mucosa: tetanus, anthrax, rabies, leptospirosis – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Meningitis: bacterial, viral, tuberculous – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Toxoplasmosis, malaria – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- Bacterial infections with various entry points: staphylococcal infections with H. influenzae, Lyme disease – diagnosis, treatment, patient care specifics.
- HIV/AIDS infection – etiopathogenesis, clinical and paraclinical picture.
- HIV/AIDS infection – positive diagnosis, staging, treatment principles, patient care specifics.
Learning outcomes
Care of the patient with infectious pathology
Assessment
Written exam, Continuous assessment, Practical exam
Recommended reading
Infectious Diseases. Course for students and postgraduate studies
Dorobat C., Miftode E., Luca M., Leca D., Manciuc C., Mihnea Hurmuzache.
Gr. T. Popa, Iasi, 2012 · -
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