RESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPY
No prerequisites are requiered
The course aims to teach the student:
- To acquire methods and tools for the evaluation of patients suffering from respiratory disease
- To interpret pulmonary function tests and to relate them to the clinical evaluation of the patient
- To know the main chest therapy and cough-assistance techniques
- The chest therapy: definitions, rationale, organization and setting
- Application of POMR method (Problem Oriented Medical Records) to the evaluation of the respiratory patient
- Anamnesis, signs and symptoms
- Drugs and medicines for the respiratory tract and oxygen therapy
- Clinical evaluation of the respiratory patient
- Chest examination
- Radiological evidence in chest examination
- Chest auscultation
- Spirometry and pulmonary function tests
- Recalls of respiratory physiology; mechanics and ventilatory pattern
- Bronchial hygiene techniques
- Cough assistance techniques
- Obstructive and restrictive disorders: case reports
- Introduction to rehabilitation of sleep-disordered breathing
TEXTBOOKS:
- Lazzeri M, Clini E.M, Repossini E, Corrado A.
Esame clinico e valutazione in Riabilitazione Respiratoria. Ed. Masson, Milano 2006.
- Brivio A, Lazzeri M, Oliva G, Zampogna E.
La disostruzione bronchiale. Dalla teoria alla pratica. Ed. Masson, Milano 2001.
- Lazzeri M, Brivio A, Carlucci A, Piaggi G. Il ricondizionamento all’esercizio fisico del paziente con patologia respiratoria. Dalla valutazione al trattamento. Edizioni EDRA, 2014
- Kacmarek R.M, Stoller J.K, Heuer A. Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care: 10° Edition. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2014 GUIDELINES: - American Thoracic Society Statements, Guidelines and Reports - ERS Guidelines for Respiratory Medicine SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION/JOURNALS: - Respiratory Care Journal (official journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care)