Cardiology  8h – 4x 2h

1.Pathophysiology of coronary artery atherosclerosis.

2. Epidemiology of coronary heart disease. Risk factors – primary and secondary prevention.

3. Clinical aspects of coronary heart disease. Diagnosis and treatment.

4. Pathophysiology of myocardial infarction (STEMI and NSTEMI).

5. Diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms in life threatening conditions in cardiology.

6.Acquired valvular heart diseases: clinical presentation.

7.Inherited valvular heart diseases in adults: clinical presentation.

8.Clinical diagnosis of chronic heart failure.

9.Infectious diseases of the heart.

10.Heart pacing – indications and techniques. 

11.Syncope – differential diagnosis and algorithms

Pulmonology 6h – 3 x 2h

1. Pneumonia
2. Covid-19, symptoms, treatment, complications.
3. Interstitial diseases of the lungs.
4. Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases.
5. Acute and chronic respiratory failure.
6. Rare diseases of respiratory system.

Gastroenterology 6h (2 x 3h):

1. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer disease

2. Celiac disease. Bacterial overgrowth syndrome.

3. Irritable bowel syndrome. Diverticular disease of the large intestine. Intestinal ischemia

4. Bleeding from the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract

Hematology  4h (2 x 2h):

1. Diagnosis and treatment of thrombocytopenia.
2. Lymphomas.
3. Myelodysplastic syndromes.

Rheumatology 4h (2 x 2h):

1. Systemic connective tissue disorders: SLE, scleroderma, dermatomyositis,  polymyalgia rheumatica.
2. Spondyloarthropathies.
3. Osteoarthritis, gout and other pathologies secondary to crystal deposition within joints and tissues.
4. Acute and life-threatening situations in rheumatoid disease. Paraneoplastic syndromes in rheumatology.