Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Low Density High Density Meshes in Patients with Bilateral Inguinal Hernia.

We present a randomized clinical trial to compare postoperative pain, complications, feeling of a foreign body, and recurrence between heavyweight and lightweight meshes in patients with bilateral groin hernia. Sixty-seven patients with bilateral hernia were included in our study. In each patient, the side of the lightweight mesh was decided by random numbers table.

Comorbidity and clinical features in elderly patients with dementia: differences according to dementia severity.

Objectives: To evaluate comorbidity and clinical features in elderly patients with dementia to determine differences according to dementia severity.

Design: Observational study with medical record review.

Setting: Eight hospitals in the Barcelona area.

[Features differentiating comorbidity in elderly patients with Alzheimer-type dementia or with vascular dementia].

Introduction: Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) are the two most common forms of dementia. In the elderly subjects with dementia, there is a significant comorbidity associated and often cause greater morbidity and mortality.

Aim: To investigate some aspects of comorbidity in the patients with these two types of dementia in order to analyze possible differences.

[Medical comorbidity in elderly patients with dementia. Differences according age and gender].

Background: Prevalence of dementia in elderly patients is high. The goal of the study was to assess some aspects of comorbidity in the patients with dementia. We also analyzed comorbidity differences according to age and gender.