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Diagnosis and Treatment of Joint Diseases in Daily Practice

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Course director

  • Sarlósné Varjú Cecília

    professor,
    Department of Rheumatology and Immunology

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 6 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 6 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-IBD-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OAA-AA2-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 80

Topic

Musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases are the 3rd most common diseases in general practice. Some 80% of adult people have a few weeks of low back, shoulder, hip or knee joint pain at work. How to differentiate, when to think of chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, vasculitis and how to treat common musculoskeletal pain? What modern medications and physiotherapy can help? This course is designed to prepare and/or complement the knowledge of the IV- year course in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology.

Lectures

  • 1.

    Method of patient physical examination for joint diseases.

    - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 2.

    Differentiation and treatment of spinal disorders.

    - Kumánovics Gábor
  • 3.

    Differentiation and management of shoulder disorders.

    - Tuba Éva
  • 4.

    Differentiation and treatment of elbow and hand disorders

    - Czirják László István
  • 5.

    Physical examination of patients with pelvic, hip and knee complaints.

    - Gulyás Katinka
  • 6.

    Differentiation and treatment of hip and knee disorders

    - Gulyás Katinka
  • 7.

    Characteristic symptoms of the systemic autoimmune diseases

    - Czirják László István
  • 8.

    Rheumatoid arthritis

    - Czirják László István
  • 9.

    Systemic lupus erythematosus

    - Czirják László István
  • 10.

    Features of vasculitis

    - Kumánovics Gábor
  • 11.

    Differentiation and Treatment of Ankle and Foot Disorders

    - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 12.

    Physical examination of patients with ankle and foot complaints.

    - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília

Practices

Seminars

  • 1.

    Methods of patient physical examination and using ultrasound for joint diseases

    - Szendelbacherné T. Kovács Katalin
  • 2.

    Differentiation and treatment of spinal disorders.

    - Tuba Éva
  • 3.

    Differentiation and treatment of hip and knee disorders

    - Gulyás Katinka
  • 4.

    Rheumatoid arthritis

    - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 5.

    Features of vasculitis

    - Czirják László István
  • 6.

    Systemic lupus erythematosus

    - Gulyás Katinka
  • 7.

    Sjögren syndrome

    - Gulyás Katinka
  • 8.

    Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

    - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 9.

    Pulmonary involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases

    - Kumánovics Gábor
  • 10.

    Gastrointestinal manifestations in systemic autoimmune diseases

    - Kumánovics Gábor
  • 11.

    Cardiac involvements in sytemic autoimmune diseases

    - Gulyás Katinka
  • 12.

    Ankylosing spondylarthropathies

    - Tuba Éva

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

POTEPEDIA anyag angol nyelven

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Tesztvizsga

Mid-term exams

Próbatesztvizsga

Making up for missed classes

pótgyakoraton történő részvétel

Exam topics/questions

Method of patient physical examination for joint diseases.
Differentiation and treatment of spinal disorders.
Differentiation and management of shoulder disorders.
Differentiation and treatment of elbow and hand disorders
Differentiation and treatment of hip and knee disorders

Examiners

  • Gulyás Katinka
  • Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • Szendelbacherné T. Kovács Katalin

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Czirják László István
  • Gulyás Katinka
  • Kumánovics Gábor
  • Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • Szendelbacherné T. Kovács Katalin
  • Tuba Éva
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