Functional diagnostics in practice: examination of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and nervous systems

Course curriculum

• Electroencephalography
• Fundamentals of electroencephalography: theory, methodology and application
• Electroencephalography across different age periods: from newborns to adults
• EEG interpretation: step-by-step analysis and clinical significance of EEG
• Pathological EEG patterns: diagnosis and clinical correlation
• Epilepsy and epileptic syndromes: electroencephalographic features
• Electroencephalography in critical conditions: from structural lesions to brain death
• Spirometry
• Fundamentals of spirometry
• Analysis of indications and contraindications for spirometry. Technical conditions: equipment requirements, sanitary and epidemiological regime, equipment verification and calibration
• Physiology of the lungs. The concept of volumes and flows. Step-by-step methodology of performing spirography
• Assessment of spirogram quality and identification of artifacts. Bronchodilator test
• Features of spirography in children and elderly patients. Additional tests in spirography: exercise test, methacholine test
• Comprehensive approach to interpretation. Dysanapsis and nonspecific patterns in the interpretation of spirography results
• Analysis of recorded spirogram cases. Decision-making algorithms
• Electrocardiography
• Fundamental basics of ECG recording, description, and interpretation
• ECG diagnostics of cardiac conduction disorders
• ECG assessment of cardiac rhythm
• ECG patterns in pathology – screening for chamber enlargement, P-wave, QRS complex and T-wave patterns. Acute coronary syndrome, STEMI, NSTEMI, dynamics of ischemia development
• Specific ECG cases. Examination of an asymptomatic patient
• Specific ECG cases. ECG in pain syndrome and dyspnea
• Specific ECG cases. ECG in syncopal conditions
• ECG of elite athletes. Use of ECG in sports medicine. Martinet test
• ECG assessment of pacemaker function: types, modes, and options for monitoring their operation. Pacemaker syndrome
• Use of "home" ECG devices. ECG diagnostics in patients with presyncope and syncope
• Ambulatory (Holter) monitoring – AECG
• Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• Arterial blood pressure measurement
• Diagnosis of arterial hypertension. Methodology of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
• Analysis and assessment of ABPM indicators
• Pressure load indices
• Assessment of the efficacy of ongoing therapy and dynamic follow-up
• Clinical application of ABPM
• Elderly patients, diabetes mellitus, and COPD
• Features of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents
• Diagnosis of arterial hypotension
• Forming the conclusion