The importance of co-morbidity in older HIV-infected patients We read with interest the recent study by Tumbarello et al. [1]. The authors compared a group of HIV-infected older patients (aged. 50 years) with a group of younger patients (aged 20–35 years). All patients received highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The older cohort had a lower mean CD4 cell count than the younger cohort...

Objectives. To determine the prevalence and typology, as well to establish factors influencing change of eating behavior in patients with morbid obesity. Material methods. The method continuous sampling was used analyze incidence disorders types 154 obesity who underwent planned surgical treatment for at Center Herniology Bariatric Surgery 4th City Clinical Hospital named after N.E. Savchenko d...

e fi rst edition of Morbid Obesity: Peri-operative Manage ment, published in 2005, was heralded as an important and timely comprehensive review of perioperative care of morbidly obese surgical patients. Adrian Alvarez has built on the success of the fi rst book and, with the help of three new editors, has presented a concise and well-written text about the complexities of dealing with morbidly ...