AIMS The aim of the present study was to assess the performance of a new indicator test (NIT), based on the measurement of sweat production after exposure to dermal foot perspiration, in the diagnosis of both peripheral sensorimotor polyneuropathy (PSN) and autonomic neuropathy in patients with diabetes. METHODS One hundred and seventeen diabetic patients were examined. PSN was assessed using...

Twenty four men with insulin dependent diabetes and different degrees of autonomic neuropathy were studied to establish the response of the QT interval to various heart rates. Nine men with autonomic neuropathy had a longer QT interval than 13 healthy individuals and 15 patients who had diabetes without, or with only mild, autonomic neuropathy. Those with autonomic neuropathy also had a proport...

Patients with seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and age-matched controls were investigated for the presence of autonomic neuropathy. Significantly more patients with RA had abnormal autonomic function, suggesting that autonomic neuropathy occurs more commonly in RA than hitherto suspected. The existence of an autonomic neuropathy may be an important complicating factor in ...

Introduction . Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common and incapacitating endocrine disorder. Diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) one of serious complications DM, which main cause nontraumatic lower-extremity amputations. Despite efforts entire medical community, survival rate DFS patients with non-healing ulcers after surgery does not exceed 50% over 5 years comparable to rates colorectal cancer. A...