Isolated involuntary weight loss: Epidemiology and predictive factors of malignancy.

Background And Objectives: The aims of the study were to analyse the epidemiology, prognostic and predictive factors of malignant disease on isolated involuntary weight loss (IIWL) and to know the effectiveness of the quick diagnosis unit in the evaluation of the process.

Material And Methods: Prospective observational study realised from 2006 to 2015 of all patients who were evaluated with IIWL in the quick diagnosis unit. Demographic, clinical, diagnostic and evolutive variables were analysed.

[Prosthetic joint infection: a prospective study in five Catalonian hospitals].

Background: Prosthetic joint infections are a cause of increasing morbidity and medical expenditure.

Objectives: To determine the incidence and the clinical and the epidemiological characteristics of knee and hip prosthetic infections (PI) in patients undergoing elective surgery in five Catalonian hospitals. To determine the predictive factors of PI.