CHRONIC NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases, are the leading cause of death in Argentina as well as in the rest of the world. They are long-lasting conditions with a generally slow progression.
Risk factors for NCDs are highly prevalentable in Argentina. According to the National Survey of Risk Factors 2018 (ENFR 2018), 62% of the population is overweight. (25% are obese and 36% are overweight), 34% have high blood pressure, 29% have high cholesterol, and 12% have diabetes, these being the risk factors with the greatest impact on cardiovascular mortality.
As for the causes of cancer mortality, they are led by lung, colorectal, breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer.
WAPPNER
Diego
Médical Doctor / Honor's Diploma
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Specialist in Medical Clinic
Hospital General de Agudos José María Ramos Mejía
Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine
Escuela de graduados de la Sociedad de Medicina Interna de Buenos Aires
Postgraduate in Family and Ambulatory Medicine
Hospital Italiano (PROFAM)
Master in Diabetes
USAL
Master in Cardiovascular Disease
Universidad de Barcelona
Member of the Cardiometabolism Council
Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología
Member of the Committee on Arterial Hypertension and other Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes
Professor
UBA / UCES
Clinical research
He joined the INFANT Foundation as a specialist in chronic non-communicable diseases to collaborate in the design and execution of research projects to demonstrate whether early application of convalescent plasma could help prevent severe cases of COVID-19 in older adults. At present, he interacts with the different areas of the Foundation in the design and execution of research projects with adult volunteers.
Publications
Desarrollo paradojal de tuberculomas cerebrales durante el tratamiento específico” Carbia, S.; Wappner, D; Pereyra, K.; Fernandez, E; Malah, V. Pren. Med. Argent