Optimization of the method for diagnostics of cardial autonomic neuropathy in diabetes mellitus 2 types

Abstract

Introduction. Early diagnosis of cardiac autonomic neuropathy is the basis for the risk of heart disease and premature death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes). All patients with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes should undergo annual screening, including history taking and neurophysiologic evaluation, for early diabetic autonomic neuropathy. This article describes a modern diagnostic technique based on changes in heart rate variability, which allows early detection of damage to the parasympathetic nervous system and timely prescribing disease-modifying treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes.Materials and methods. The study included 50 patients with type 2 diabetes (cf. Age 56.5 ± 13.5 years) and 30 healthy subjects (cf. Age 58 ± 10 years), matched by sex and age. according to the NSC questionnaire, the severity of neurological deficit - according to the NIS-LL scale, neuropathic pain syndrome - according to the TSS scale.Results. In the study group of patients with type 2 diabetes, severe CAN was detected in 13.3%, moderate CAN in 40% of patients, in 46.6% of patients, CAN was not detected. In the group of healthy volunteers, disorders of the autonomic nervous system of moderate were detected in 3.3%, in the remaining 96.7% of autonomic disorders were not accepted.Conclusion. The results of pulse oximetric tests with deep breathing are comparable to the results of the QAT device Case-4 (p < 0.001). The method of pulse oximetric diagnostics is more practical to use in comparison with the hardware QAT.