Old People's Digestive Pathology

Recommended Prerequisites

The student should be a medical doctor.

Teaching Methods

Two classes, seeking interaction with the students.

Learning Outcomes

The objectives are to teach the details of digestive pathology in the digestive tract, liver and pancreas that are specific of the elderly.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Introduction

- Esophagus

- Achalasia

- Diffuse Spasm

- AVC

- Gastroesophageal reflux disease

- Cancer of the esophagus

- Diverticulum of Zencker

- Esophagitis drug

- Peptic Ulcer

- Bleeding peptic ulcer

- Gastrointestinal bleeding

- Small intestine

- Diarrhoea

- Malabsorption

- Celiac Disease

- Colon

- Irritable Bowel Syndrome

- Diverticular disease of the colon

- Ischemic Colitis

- Inflammatory bowel disease

- Disorders of defecation (constipation and incontinence)

- Liver disease

- Pancreatic disease

Head Lecturer(s)

Pedro Manuel Narra Figueiredo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Gastroenterology in the Elderly: Part I e II

G.N.J.Tytgat - Clinical Gastroenterology; vol. 15 e 16; 2002

 

Approach to gastrointestinal problems in the elderly.

P.R.Holt - Textbook of Gastroenterology; Yamada; 1997

 

Balcombe NR., Sinclair A., et al., (2001), Ageing: definitions, mechanisms ant the magnitude of the problem. Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 15 (2001), pp. 835-849

 

Bickley L.S, Szilagyi P.G., (2013). Bate’s Guige to Physical Examination and History Taking. 11ª Ed. (2013), Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; pp 4-23, 433-469, 577-590, 919-953.

Farrell JJ, Friedman LS. Gastrointestinal bleeding in older people. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 29 (2000), pp. 1–36