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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Grao en Terapia Ocupacional
 Subjects
  Medical-Surgical Conditions in Adult Patients
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Rheumatology block. Medical Diseases of the Locomotor System

1.Inflammatory joint diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis.
2.Spondyloarthropathies. Ankylosing spondylitis. Psoriatic arthropathy and others.
3.Microcrystal arthropathies. Gout and Pseudogout
4.Osteoarthritis of the spine and limbs.
5.Generalized bone diseases. Osteoporosis. Osteomalacia. Paget's disease of bone. Renal osteodystrophy.
Neurology Block

1.Coma and disorders of consciousness.
2.Infections of the central nervous system.
3.Epilepsy.
4.Alcoholism and central nervous system.
5. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Pathology Block

1.Arteriosclerosis. High blood pressure.
2.Ischemic heart disease. Other heart diseases.
3.Heart failure.
4.Respiratory failure. Types. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Occupational lung diseases.
5.COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.
Miscellaneous Pathology Block
1.Infectious diseases. Antimicrobial therapy. Immunizations. Tuberculosis. Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
2.Diabetes mellitus: types. Acute and chronic complications
3.Chronic liver disease: cirrhosis.
4.Chronic renal failure.
5.Major hematopoietic syndromes: anemia. Hemophilia. Oncology: causes, epidemiology and prevention Extension diagnosis and therapeutic strategies. Palliative care.
Surgical Pathology Block 1.Lymphatic system and lymphedema.
2.Breast pathology: Breast nodule. Types. Benign or malignant? Breast cancer. Surgical treatment and its complications. Breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Early or late reconstruction. Types of reconstruction.
3.Approach to the polytraumatized patient. ABC. Sequential phases of treatment. Damage control surgery. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its medical-surgical treatment.
4.Spondyloarthritic pathology with special emphasis on low back pain and cervicalgia. Medical-surgical treatment. Physical exercise in patients with low back pain and cervicalgia.
5.Urinary incontinence. Concept and epidemiology. Physiology of urination. Classification and types. Risk factors. Diagnosis and treatment.
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