Endocrine and Metabolic Pathologies in the Elderly

Recommended Prerequisites

Medical undergraduate.

Teaching Methods

Lecture: interactive audiovisual methods are used, with special focus on the interpretation of the matter highlighting what seems fundamental. It is intended that the teacher is interative and it will open space for students to put and clarified,  their questions.

Learning Outcomes

Make known, through theoretical teaching, essential knowledge on major pathologies of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases in the Elderly. Will be treated 6 main themes: pathology of the hypothalamus-pituitary axis, thyroid gland pathology, pathology of phospho-calcium and vitamin D metabolism, pathology of adrenals, gonads disease, diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycemia. It is intended that skills and knowledge are acquired so they can recognize these conditions in the elderly and its specificities in this period of life with the ultimate goal of improving survival and quality of life of older people affected by them. Endocrine diseases are chronic diseases where therapeutic education and knowledge play a key role both in the quality of life and in the survival. Aging has increased so it is very important to know your physiology and pathology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Understand the concept of endocrine system

2. Knowledge of the composition of the endocrine system (glands and other organs with endocrine type functions)

3. Understand the endocrine and metabolic adaptations to aging and their interpretation with the pathology

4. Integrate the different mechanisms of physiological functioning and its adaptation to aging

5. Recognize the changes in body composition and metabolism in the elderly

6. Recognize the physiology and hypothalamic-pituitary aging pathophysiology

7. Recognize the condition of the gonads in the elderly

8. Recognize the pathology of adrenal in the elderly

9. Recognize the thyroid pathology in the elderly

10. Recognizing the particularities of diabetes mellitus in the elderly.   

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Leonor Viegas Gomes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

1.´Geriatria Fundamental: saber e praticar. Lidel 2014

2. Basic & Clinical Endocrinology (Lange Medical Books), Francis S., Md. Greenspan (Editor), David G., MD Gardner (Editor), 9th edition, 2011

3. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 12th Edition, Expert Consult-Online and Print by Shlomo Melmed, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, P. Reed MD Larsen and Henry M. Kronenberg, MD, 2011

4. Harrison’s Endocrinology, 3rd Edition, 2013

5. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th Edition, 2015

6. Artigos científicos selecionados dedicados especificamente ao envelhecimento

7. ‘PDF’ da apresentção teórica