Findings regarding the relationships between sociodemographic, psychological, comorbidity factors, and functional status, in geriatric inpatients.

Objective: To assess the impact of socio-demographic and comorbidity factors, and quantified depressive symptoms on disability in inpatients.

Methods: Observational cross-sectional study, including a number of 80 elderly (16 men, 64 women; mean age 72.48 years; standard deviation 9.

Ultrastructural features of blood cells in atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis is a complex process that affects specific tissues of the vasculature, susceptible to developing atherosclerosis. >From 10 patients with atherosclerosis, between 50-70 years, peripheral blood was prelevated and after the technical procedures the blood cells were studied using the electron microscopy. The most characteristic morphological modifications were observed in agranulocytes and platelets.