ABSTRACT
Cancer is the second most important non-communicable disease worldwide and disproportionately impacts low- to middle-income countries. Diet in combination with other lifestyle habits seems to modify the risk for some cancers but little is known about South Americans. Food habits of Argentinean men pre- and post-diagnosis of prostate cancer (n = 326) were assessed along with other lifestyle factors. We studied whether any of the behaviors and risk factors for prostate cancer were found in men with other cancers (n = 394), compared with control subjects (n = 629). Before diagnosis, both cases reported a greater mean consumption of meats and fats and lower intakes of fruits, green vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains than the controls (all p < 0.001). After diagnosis, cases significantly reduced the intake of meats and fats, and reported other dietary modifications with increased consumption of fish, fruits (including red fruits in prostate cancer), cruciferous vegetables, legumes, nuts, and black tea (all p < 0.001). Additional lifestyle aspects significantly predominant in cases included a reduced quality of sleep, emotional stress, low physical activity, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, living in rural areas, and being exposed to environmental contaminants. Argentinian men were predisposed to modify their unhealthy dietary habits and other lifestyle factors after cancer diagnosis.
Subject(s)
Diet/adverse effects , Feeding Behavior , Health Behavior , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Healthy Lifestyle , Life Style , Motivation , Prostatic Neoplasms/psychology , Risk Reduction Behavior , Aged , Argentina/epidemiology , Case-Control Studies , Diet, Healthy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Prostatic Neoplasms/epidemiology , Prostatic Neoplasms/prevention & control , Risk Assessment , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Presentamos la experiencia del Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital Escuela de Corrientes, con 140 pacientes tratados durante los últimos nueve años por peritonitis aguda difusa grave, utilizando laparostomías con malla de poliuretano y polietileno y reexploraciones abdominales programadas. Veintinueve operados (20,71 ciento por ciento), fallecieron por fallas multiorgánicas dependientes de la sepsis. Los 111 restantes (79,28 ciento por ciento), evolucionaron favorablemente y sin complicaciones atribuíbles al procedimiento ni a los materiales de contención visceral empleados. Se destaca el uso de una nueva malla de polietileno, cuyos resultados y ventajas son, hasta el momento, muy satisfactorios. Se detallan aspectos que fundamentan la aplicación de este método, insistiendo en que se deben evitar los excesos y favorecer el cierre temprano del abdomen (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Surgical Mesh/standards , Peritonitis/surgery , Abdomen, Acute/therapy , Peritonitis/mortality , Peritonitis/therapy , Polyurethanes/therapeutic use , Polyethylenes/therapeutic use , Prosthesis Implantation/standards , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Presentamos la experiencia del Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital Escuela de Corrientes, con 140 pacientes tratados durante los últimos nueve años por peritonitis aguda difusa grave, utilizando laparostomías con malla de poliuretano y polietileno y reexploraciones abdominales programadas. Veintinueve operados (20,71 ciento por ciento), fallecieron por fallas multiorgánicas dependientes de la sepsis. Los 111 restantes (79,28 ciento por ciento), evolucionaron favorablemente y sin complicaciones atribuíbles al procedimiento ni a los materiales de contención visceral empleados. Se destaca el uso de una nueva malla de polietileno, cuyos resultados y ventajas son, hasta el momento, muy satisfactorios. Se detallan aspectos que fundamentan la aplicación de este método, insistiendo en que se deben evitar los excesos y favorecer el cierre temprano del abdomen
